When starting xfs for the first time, it scans the font directories and tries to index them. During indexing, two error messages are displayed: /usr/X11R6/bin/mkfontdir: unable to process font /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/Xlat9-8x14-lat9.pcf.gz, skipping /usr/X11R6/bin/mkfontdir: unable to process font /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/Xlat9-9x16-lat9.pcf.gz, skipping Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Do a fairly standard X11 installation 2. Run xfs (/etc/init.d/xfs start) for the first time Actual Results: Console output: --8<-- snip --8<-- hostname # /etc/init.d/xfs start * Scanning font directories... [ ok ] * Indexing font directories... * /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi... [ ok ] * /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi... [ ok ] * /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc... /usr/X11R6/bin/mkfontdir: unable to process font /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/Xlat9-8x14-lat9.pcf.gz, skipping /usr/X11R6/bin/mkfontdir: unable to process font /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/Xlat9-9x16-lat9.pcf.gz, skipping [ ok ] * /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1... [ ok ] * /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo... [ ok ] * /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/util... [ ok ] * /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype... [ ok ] * /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF... [ ok ] * /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic... [ ok ] * Updating FC cache... [ ok ] * Starting X Font Server... [ ok ] -->8-- snap -->8-- Expected Results: Normally, all fonts should be processed and indexed correctly, and the above stated error messages shouldn't appear. --8<-- snip --8<-- hostname # emerge info Portage 2.0.48-r1 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.2, glibc-2.3.1-r4) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.20-gentoo-r5 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) Processor GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/download/gentoo-mirror/ http://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/ftp/mirror/gentoo/ http://gentoo.linux.no/ http://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/gentoo/ http://www.ibiblio.org/gentoo" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" USE="3dnow avi crypt cups gif jpeg kde mmx ncurses nls png quicktime spell truetype xml2 xv zlib berkdb readline arts X sdl gpm tcpd pam ssl imlib oggvorbis gtk qt motif opengl x86 -aalib acpi alsa -apm -bonobo cdr dga -directfb doc dvd -encode -esd -gdbm -ggi -gnome gtk2 -gtkhtml -guile -java jikes -ldap -libg++ -libwww maildir -mikmod -mozilla -mpeg mpi -nas -oss pda -pdflib -perl -python samba -slang -svga -tcltk tetex usb -xmms" COMPILER="gcc3" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=athlon -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=athlon -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" MAKEOPTS="-j2" AUTOCLEAN="yes" SYNC="rsync://rsync.de.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" FEATURES="sandbox ccache userpriv usersandbox notitles" -->8-- snap -->8--
This seems to be somehow kde related, or has been fixed recently. Now that I have switched to Gnome and thus reinstalled, the errors don't appear anymore. Besides that, the XFree86 and Xfs setup is exactly the same. I'll resolve the bug as WORKSFORME and suggest to mark it as fixed.
