Bug#1022942: xterm: cannot load font "-*-terminus-*-*-*-32-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"

[Andreas Tille <andreas@an3as.eu>]

Am Sun, Oct 30, 2022 at 04:53:24PM -0400 schrieb Thomas Dickey:
> > > $ grep font /etc/X11/Xresources/xterm  | grep -v ^!
> > > *VT100.utf8Fonts.font: fixed
> > > XTerm.VT100.font1: -*-terminus-*-*-*-16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
> > > XTerm.VT100.font2: -*-terminus-*-*-*-18-*-*-*-*-*-*-*                          
> > > XTerm.VT100.font3: -*-terminus-*-*-*-20-*-*-*-*-*-*-*                          
> > > XTerm.VT100.font4: -*-terminus-*-*-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
> > > XTerm.VT100.font5: -*-terminus-*-*-*-28-*-*-*-*-*-*-*                          
> > > XTerm.VT100.font6: -*-terminus-*-*-*-32-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
> 
> for the record, xfonts-terminus includes all of these sizes.
> 
> > > here.  If I uncomment these settings xterm starts.  However, I think xterm should not
> > 
> > Is that "uncomment", or "comment"?

Sorry its "comment".

> > (the grep seems to indicate that the latter is meant)
> > 
> > > crash with segmentation fault when not finding some specified font.
> > 
> > agreed -
> 
> I've not been able to reproduce the problem, which I suspect is in
> the error-recovery section of xterm's xtermLoadFont function.
> 
> Perhaps seeing the whole set of resources would help
> (the output of "xrdb -query", too).

I have:

$ xrdb -query
*VT100.utf8Fonts.font:  fixed
XTermVT100.faceSize:    22
XTerm*geometry: 111x36
xterm*vt100.initialFont:        6
YTerm*geometry: 90x50
xterm*visualBell:       true
Rxvt.keysym.Delete:     \b
Rxvt.termName:  xterm
XTerm*decTerminalID:    200
XTerm*color0:   black
XTerm*color1:   red
XTerm*color2:   green
XTerm*color3:   yellow
XTerm*color4:   blue
XTerm*color5:   magenta
XTerm*color6:   cyan
XTerm*color7:   white
XTerm*color8:   black
XTerm*color9:   red
XTerm*color10:  green
XTerm*color11:  yellow
XTerm*color12:  blue
XTerm*color13:  magenta
XTerm*color14:  cyan
XTerm*color15:  white
XTerm*termName: xterm
XTerm*title:    XTerm
XTerm*colorMode:        on
XTerm*background:       blue
XTerm*foreground:       white
XTerm*loginShell:       true
XTerm*dynamicColors:    on


The crash happens for

$ xrdb -query
*VT100.utf8Fonts.font:  fixed
XTermVT100.faceSize:    22
XTerm*geometry: 111x36
XTerm.VT100.font1:      -*-terminus-*-*-*-16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
XTerm.VT100.font2:      -*-terminus-*-*-*-18-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
XTerm.VT100.font3:      -*-terminus-*-*-*-20-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
XTerm.VT100.font4:      -*-terminus-*-*-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
XTerm.VT100.font5:      -*-terminus-*-*-*-28-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
XTerm.VT100.font6:      -*-terminus-*-*-*-32-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
xterm*vt100.initialFont:        6
YTerm*geometry: 90x50
xterm*visualBell:       true
Rxvt.keysym.Delete:     \b
Rxvt.termName:  xterm
XTerm*decTerminalID:    200
XTerm*color0:   black
XTerm*color1:   red
XTerm*color2:   green
XTerm*color3:   yellow
XTerm*color4:   blue
XTerm*color5:   magenta
XTerm*color6:   cyan
XTerm*color7:   white
XTerm*color8:   black
XTerm*color9:   red
XTerm*color10:  green
XTerm*color11:  yellow
XTerm*color12:  blue
XTerm*color13:  magenta
XTerm*color14:  cyan
XTerm*color15:  white
XTerm*termName: xterm
XTerm*title:    XTerm
XTerm*colorMode:        on
XTerm*background:       blue
XTerm*foreground:       white
XTerm*loginShell:       true
XTerm*dynamicColors:    on


I confirm I have installed xfonts-terminus

$ apt policy xfonts-terminus
xfonts-terminus:
  Installiert:           4.48-3.1
  Installationskandidat: 4.48-3.1
  Versionstabelle:
 *** 4.48-3.1 500
        500 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://deb.debian.org/debian unstable/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://ftp.debian.org/debian unstable/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Kind regards

       Andreas.

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