On 18/04/11 01:41, Rob Browning wrote: > Jeff Abrahamson <j...@purple.com> writes: > >> Emacs starts with -nw, but otherwise (without -nw) fails to find X >> fonts for startup. >> >> jeff@aragorn:~ $ emacs >> Font `10x20' is not defined >> jeff@aragorn:~ $ >> >> Seems like a config problem, but xfonts-base is installed and >> /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/* seem fine for every value of * I check. >> >> The file /etc/X11/fonts/misc/xfonts-base.alias looks ok, but I'm not >> quite sure what to look for there. Doing an apt-get purge followed by >> apt-get install of xfonts-base does not fix the problem. >> >> This began after an icky upgrade problem that involved apt-get >> removing and reinstalling quite a few things related to X. >> >> Any pointers or suggestions most appreciated. > If possible, could you test a more recent version and see if this is > still a problem? It appears to work here with both emacs23 and > emacs23-lucid 23.3+1-1 via > > emacs -font 10x20 > > Thanks
The problem was solved by a clean install. Not sure what went wrong in the upgrade process. -Jeff Abrahamson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
