gnucash fails altogether after upgrading xorg; maybe xfs or defoma problem?
Except for a few font problems, the xorg upgrade (from 6.9 to 7) seemed
to work. During the upgrade, there were a few package problems, easily
resolved using aptitude's suggestions. First it wanted to install an
xfree86 package to fix things, but the second alternative was xfs, which
I chose. Was that wrong?
Now I cannot get gnucash to work (mission-critical problem), and both
emacs and xemacs give me empty boxes for characters (workaround found).
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The gnucash problem is critical. I really *need* it fixed, and soon.
I would have delayed the entire upgrade had I even *suspected* there
would be this kind of trouble.
gnucash complains:
parents@lovesong:~$ gnucash
Warning: gnucash_style_set_register...(): Cannot load font:
-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*
Fatal Error: gnucash_style_set_register...(): Cannot load fallback font:
-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*
Warning: gnucash_style_set_register...(): Cannot load font:
-adobe-helvetica-medium-o-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*
Fatal Error: gnucash_style_set_register...(): Cannot load fallback font:
-adobe-helvetica-medium-o-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*
Fatal Error: gnucash_style_set_register...(): Cannot load fallback font:
-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*
Fatal Error: gnucash_style_set_register...(): Cannot load fallback font:
-adobe-helvetica-medium-o-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*
parents@lovesong:~$ gnucash --version
GnuCash 1.8.10
parents@lovesong:~$
What package contains these fonts?
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emacs has a workaround; I can start
it by
DISPLAY=; emacs
and it gives me a working text-mode emacs. What package is missing?
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Possibly relevant message copied down from screen in bad handwriting
during upgrade:
Warning: unable to delete old directory /etc/X11/fonts/misc
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Possibly relevant message copied down from screen in bad handwriting
during upgrade:
Setting up ttf-thryomanes (1.2-2)
Installing new version of config file
/etc/defoma/hints/ttf-thryomanes.hints ...
Regenerating /etc/vfontcap... done
Use of uninitialized value in print at /var/lib/defoma/scripts/gs.defoma line 108
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