Bug#535061: /usr/bin/xfontsel: xfontesel reports no usuable fonts

[Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>]

On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 12:16:07 +0100, Ben Whyte wrote:

> When running xfontsel I get
> 
>  xfontsel
> Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font
> Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion
> Warning: Unable to load any usable fontset               
> Error: Aborting: no font found 
> 
> It also seems to be effecting Eterm which reports
> 
> Eterm:  Error:  Unable to load font "-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-*-*-*-c-*-iso10646-1".  Falling back on "k14"
> Eterm:  FATAL:  Couldn't load the fallback font either.  Giving up.
> 
What xfonts-* packages do you have installed?

Cheers,
Julien