Ian Collins wrote:
> Alan Coopersmith wrote:
>> Ian Collins wrote:
>>
>>> I tried launching xemacs on a remote build 99 display and it dumps core
>>> with the message
>>>
>>> Warning: Cannot convert string
>>> "-*-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*" to type FontStruct
>>> Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859-1 font
>>> Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859-1 font
>>>
>>> Everything was OK with build 96.
>>>
>>> Clues?
>>>
>> Check your install log - depending on the install method, you may see a
>> lot of class action/postinstall script errors from font packages failing
>> to run mkfontdir so that the X server can translate the 14-dashed XLFD
>> font names like the above to the files in that package.
>>
>>
> I never can remember where LU keeps its logs, but I'm sure the upgrade
> was clean (no failed packages reported).
Okay, then that's probably not your problem.
>> If so, you can either manually run mkfontdir, or just pkgrm the packages
>> and re-pkgadd them from the install media. (The scripts failed because
>> some of the library dependencies were not met in the miniroot/archives
>> used during install, but they're present on the installed system, so
>> should work fine when you pkgadd on the running system.)
>>
> Which packages?
SUNWxwfnt, SUNWxwcft, SUNWi1of, and various locale font packages depending
on which locale is installed.
> mkfontdir doesn't appear to have a man page.
The mkfontdir man page is with the rest of the new X man pages
in /usr/X11/man.
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-Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
