I am using Debian Sarge, and after an upgrade some days ago (monday 29.), I have got a font problem. When starting Emacs, it comes up with only empty rectangles, instead of normal characters. I also get the error message:
-------------------------------- Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-courier-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*" to type FontStruct Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-helvetica-medium-r-*--*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1" to type FontStruct Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font ----------------------------------- I have been able to find a partial workaround for Emacs by specifying fonts in .Xresources. But I have similar problems with * Adobes Acroread (crashes immediately with error message), * gv (segfaults with error message), * xpdf (starts, but emits loads of error messages) * xdvi (terminates abnormally with error message) The upgrade was done using "apt-get update" followed by aptitude. The aptitude log shows the packages liste under were upgraded (only relevant packages shown). Does anyone have a solution/explanation for this behaviour? With kind regards Asbjørn Sæbø ------------------------------------------------ [UPGRADE] fontconfig 2.2.1-1 -> 2.2.1-3 [UPGRADE] gdm-themes 0.1 -> 0.2 [UPGRADE] lbxproxy 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11 [UPGRADE] libdb4.0 4.0.14-1.2 -> 4.0.14-1.3 [UPGRADE] libdps1 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11 [UPGRADE] libfontconfig1 2.2.1-1 -> 2.2.1-3 [UPGRADE] libgsf-1 1.8.1-4 -> 1.8.2-1 [UPGRADE] libgsf-gnome-1 1.8.1-4 -> 1.8.2-1 [UPGRADE] libltdl3 1.4.3-10 -> 1.5-2 [UPGRADE] x-window-system 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11 [UPGRADE] x-window-system-core 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11 [UPGRADE] xbase-clients 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11 [UPGRADE] xdm 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11 [UPGRADE] xfonts-100dpi 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11 [UPGRADE] xfonts-75dpi 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11 [UPGRADE] xfonts-base 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11 [UPGRADE] xfonts-scalable 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11 [UPGRADE] xfree86-common 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11 [UPGRADE] xfs 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11 [UPGRADE] xfwp 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11 [UPGRADE] xlibmesa3-gl 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11 [UPGRADE] xlibmesa3-glu 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11 [UPGRADE] xlibs 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11 [UPGRADE] xnest 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11 [UPGRADE] xprt 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11 [UPGRADE] xserver-common 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11 [UPGRADE] xserver-xfree86 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11 [UPGRADE] xspecs 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11 [UPGRADE] xterm 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11 [UPGRADE] xutils 4.2.1-6 -> 4.2.1-11 ------------------------------------------------------- -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
