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Bug#366347: marked as done (xfonts-base: Some programs fail to start with no ISO8859 fonts error)



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Package: xfonts-base
Version: 1:1.0.0-3
Severity: important

Since upgrading to Xorg 7 some programs fail to start. Some other programs start, but errors are
written to the console.
gv (crashes):
Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-Helvetica-Medium-R-Normal--*-140-*-*-P-*-ISO8859-1" to type FontStruct
Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font
Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font
Speicherzugriffsfehler

xvncviewer (does not start):
VNC viewer version 3.3.7 - built Apr 27 2006 07:09:29
Copyright (C) 2002-2003 RealVNC Ltd.
Copyright (C) 1994-2000 AT&T Laboratories Cambridge.
See http://www.realvnc.com for information on VNC.
Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font
Error: Aborting: no font found

xpdf (starts with errors):
Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1" to type FontStruct
Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font
Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1" to type FontList
Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-courier-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1" to type FontStruct
Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font
Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-courier-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1" to type FontList
Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-times-bold-i-normal--20-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1" to type FontStruct
Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font
Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-times-medium-r-normal--16-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1" to type FontStruct
Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font
Warning: Attempt to remove nonexistent passive grab


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16.10
Locale: LANG=de_DE@euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)

Versions of packages xfonts-base depends on:
ii  x11-common                    1:7.0.17   X Window System (X.Org) infrastruc
ii  xfonts-utils                  1:1.0.0-3  X Window System font utility progr

xfonts-base recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information


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On Thu, Jun 01, 2006 at 10:26:09PM -0700, Robert Buels wrote:
> Turns out, this was caused by my customized Xorg configuration having 
> the font paths still set to /usr/lib/X11/fonts instead of their new 
> paths in /usr/share/fonts/X11/ (after the Xorg 7 transition).  I changed 
> the FontPath statements in my xorg.conf, and all was well.  There is a 
> lengthly explanation of a lot of things about the Xorg 7 transition 
> here: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2006/04/msg00010.html.

Thanks for following up. Closing per user (user configuration error).

 - David Nusinow

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