on Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 01:57:58AM +0100, Volker Schlecht (vschlecht@gmx.net) wrote: > Hi, > > after doing an update on my woody system today, X wouldn't start > anymore, complaining about the fixed font missing. A forced > reinstall of xfonts-base solved the problem. > > Is anyone aware of a packet that messes with fonts? My first guess was > libgdkxft0, but with a --purge and reinstall the problem was > non-reproducible.... > > I think I remember a similar problem being discussed related to > unstable not very long ago, could it be that the bug has now propagated > into testing? There are a number of unrelated? font issues floating around. I've currently got the Gtk "doublebyte fonts render as rectangles" problem on at least one box here. I've been working through a checklist of things that worked the previous times I've dealt with this. libgnomeprint-data was one package involved, it's changed supbstantially, and has shown up earlier today on list as having problems. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Home of the brave http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Land of the free Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html
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