Bug#514276: cannot load font

[Thomas Dickey <dickey@his.com>]

On Fri, 6 Feb 2009, jidanni@jidanni.org wrote:

> Package: xterm
> Version: 241-1
> X-debbugs-Cc: dickey@invisible-island.net
>
> Gentlemen, xterm runs fine.
> It's just that these days on experimental, not sid, one gets
> xterm: cannot load font -Misc-Fixed-bold-R-*-*-18-120-100-100-C-180-ISO10646-1
>
> So then I replaced
> !*VT100.font: -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--18-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1
> *VT100.font: -*-*-*-*-*-*-18-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
> in .Xresources.
> But now I get
> xterm: cannot load font -ETL-Fixed-medium-I-*-*-18-180-72-72-C-180-ISO10646-1
> xterm: cannot load font -ETL-Fixed-bold-I-*-*-18-180-72-72-C-180-ISO10646-1
> And what is actually bad is now the fonts are too small.
>
> OK, now I clicked large fonts, and it says xterm: cannot load font
> -Misc-Fixed-bold-R-*-*-18-120-100-100-C-180-ISO10646-1
>
> But at least the characters are the right size again.
>
> OK, I will use the line
> *VT100.font: -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--18-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1
> But please tell me how to stop getting the error message.

I'll quiet this in #242 (will require a code change)

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