Windowlab doesn't start properly on a fresh gentoo install with xorg-x11-7.0-r1. The error when starting is: windowlab: XLoadQueryFont(): font '-b&h-lucida-medium-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-*' not found This is most easily fixed by patching the file windowlab.h to load the font 'fixed'. I first tried fixing this by installing both media-fonts/font-bh-lucidatypewriter-100dpi and media-fonts/font-bh-lucidatypewriter-75dpi This didn't work, however. Another way of solving this problem would be to compile in XFT support, it then chooses a different font from windowlab.h, this font seems to work on the standard gentoo installation (I played around with the Makefile and patched it to compile in XFT). I prefer the font 'fixed', however, as it uses less screen space. Compiling in XFT would require proper useflags and more dependencies in the ebuild. So for the sake of simplicity I've opted for the simpler option.
Created attachment 95683 [details, diff] Fix the font name in windowlab
Created attachment 95684 [details, diff] Use font type 'fixed' Sorry, nano had to introduce an extra breakline. Correct patch this time
See bug #172307 for an updated ebuild with both xft support and this patch.
Fixed on 1.34. Thanks for reporting.
