Since new stable xorg-server-1.6.3.901-r2 font-adobe-* aren't pulled in anymore, but twm needs them, or it will not start (using the default /usr/share/X11/twm/system.twmrc). So please add them as dependency or change /usr/share/X11/twm/system.twmrc. I think that also other X apps need adobe's fonts, so maybe we can switch back and add them as xorg rdep. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.startx 2.twm doesn't start. Actual Results: twm: unable to open fontset "-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*" emerge --info Portage 2.1.6.13 (default/linux/x86/10.0, gcc-4.3.2, glibc-2.9_p20081201-r2, 2.6.30-gentoo-r6-zizo i686) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.30-gentoo-r6-zizo-i686-Intel-R-_Pentium-R-_4_CPU_3.00GHz-with-gentoo-2.0.1 Timestamp of tree: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:30:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 4.0_p28 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.8-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.6.2-r1 dev-util/cmake: 2.6.4 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.1 sys-apps/openrc: 0.5.1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.6-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.63-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1 sys-devel/libtool: 2.2.6a virtual/os-headers: 2.6.27-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=native -mtune=native -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=native -mtune=native -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="distlocks fixpackages parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://mirror.switch.ch/mirror/gentoo/ http://gentoo.inode.at/" LANG="it_IT.UTF-8" LC_ALL="it_IT.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" LINGUAS="it" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS="--exclude=/lost+found" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/portage/local" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X acl acpi alsa bash-completion berkdb branding bzip2 cairo cdinstall cli cracklib crypt cups dbus dri fortran gdbm gif gpm gtk hal iconv isdnlog jpeg kde mikmod mmx modules mp3 mudflap ncurses nls nptl nptlonly openal opengl openmp oss pam pcre perl png pppd python qt4 readline reflection sdl session spl sse sse2 ssl sysfs tcpd tiff truetype unicode vorbis x86 xorg xv zlib" ALSA_CARDS="intel8x0" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LINGUAS="it" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS cat /usr/share/X11/twm/system.twmrc # # $Xorg: system.twmrc,v 1.3 2000/08/17 19:54:08 cpqbld Exp $ # # Default twm configuration file; needs to be kept small to conserve string # space in systems whose compilers don't handle medium-sized strings. # # Sites should tailor this file, providing any extra title buttons, menus, etc. # that may be appropriate for their environment. For example, if most of the # users were accustomed to uwm, the defaults could be set up not to decorate # any windows and to use meta-keys. # # $XFree86: xc/programs/twm/system.twmrc,v 1.4 2001/01/17 23:45:08 dawes Exp $ # NoGrabServer RestartPreviousState DecorateTransients TitleFont "-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*" ResizeFont "-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*" MenuFont "-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*" IconFont "-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-100-*-*-*-*-*-*" IconManagerFont "-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-100-*-*-*" #ClientBorderWidth Color { BorderColor "slategrey" DefaultBackground "rgb:2/a/9" DefaultForeground "gray85" TitleBackground "rgb:2/a/9" TitleForeground "gray85" MenuBackground "rgb:2/a/9" MenuForeground "gray85" MenuBorderColor "slategrey" MenuTitleBackground "gray70" MenuTitleForeground "rgb:2/a/9" IconBackground "rgb:2/a/9" IconForeground "gray85" IconBorderColor "gray85" IconManagerBackground "rgb:2/a/9" IconManagerForeground "gray85" } # # Define some useful functions for motion-based actions. # MoveDelta 3 Function "move-or-lower" { f.move f.deltastop f.lower } Function "move-or-raise" { f.move f.deltastop f.raise } Function "move-or-iconify" { f.move f.deltastop f.iconify } # # Set some useful bindings. Sort of uwm-ish, sort of simple-button-ish # Button1 = : root : f.menu "defops" Button1 = m : window|icon : f.function "move-or-lower" Button2 = m : window|icon : f.iconify Button3 = m : window|icon : f.function "move-or-raise" Button1 = : title : f.function "move-or-raise" Button2 = : title : f.raiselower Button1 = : icon : f.function "move-or-iconify" Button2 = : icon : f.iconify Button1 = : iconmgr : f.iconify Button2 = : iconmgr : f.iconify # # And a menus with the usual things # menu "defops" { "Twm" f.title "Iconify" f.iconify "Resize" f.resize "Move" f.move "Raise" f.raise "Lower" f.lower "" f.nop "Focus" f.focus "Unfocus" f.unfocus "Show Iconmgr" f.showiconmgr "Hide Iconmgr" f.hideiconmgr "" f.nop "Xterm" f.exec "exec xterm &" "" f.nop "Kill" f.destroy "Delete" f.delete "" f.nop "Restart" f.restart "Exit" f.quit }
(In reply to comment #0) > Since new stable xorg-server-1.6.3.901-r2 font-adobe-* aren't pulled in > anymore, but twm needs them, or it will not start (using the default > /usr/share/X11/twm/system.twmrc). > So please add them as dependency or change /usr/share/X11/twm/system.twmrc. > I think that also other X apps need adobe's fonts, so maybe we can switch back > and add them as xorg rdep. > > Reproducible: Always > > Steps to Reproduce: > 1.startx > 2.twm doesn't start. twm only needing media-fonts/font-adobe-100dpi in my system for start with defaults, it's right for you too?
I can't test it now, but looking at the current system.twmrc only media-fonts/font-adobe-100dpi is needed as it doesn't use any -75- font.
Could you try to make it work without any adobe fonts? Maybe using the "fixed" font? I'll patch twm to use that instead of forcing an old font onto users. Thanks
Now the problem is different: if twm can find the font it prints this warning: twm: warning: font for charset JISX0208.1983-0 is lacking. twm: warning: font for charset KSC5601.1987-0 is lacking. twm: warning: font for charset GB2312.1980-0 is lacking. This happens with every tested font (terminus, verdana, dejavu and others) and it is repeated for every font line specified in /usr/share/X11/twm/system.twmrc . My locale is: LANG=it_IT.utf8 LC_CTYPE="it_IT.utf8" LC_NUMERIC="it_IT.utf8" LC_TIME="it_IT.utf8" LC_COLLATE=C LC_MONETARY="it_IT.utf8" LC_MESSAGES="it_IT.utf8" LC_PAPER="it_IT.utf8" LC_NAME="it_IT.utf8" LC_ADDRESS="it_IT.utf8" LC_TELEPHONE="it_IT.utf8" LC_MEASUREMENT="it_IT.utf8" LC_IDENTIFICATION="it_IT.utf8" LC_ALL= and i'm using unicode use flag.
P.S.: - This link can be useful: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=3636163 - I tested media-fonts/font-adobe-100dpi, but same problem.
Hello, this is still a current issue. I've hit it yesterday when installing gentoo from scratch. I installed stage3, then emerge-webrsync, updated world, installed kernel. Then I emerged xorg-server, then xterm and after that twm, to have working X, and continue with the installation process in X. but upon starting twm (either from xterm, or adding it to .xinitrc) I got twm: unable to open fontset "-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*" exactly the same error as more than 10 years ago :) The solution was simple: emerge media-fonts/font-adobe-75dpi Still it would be nice if the dependency was fixed in the ebuild.
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=96336531d824f3da75587f651b47eaa8caaae68d commit 96336531d824f3da75587f651b47eaa8caaae68d Author: Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2020-06-15 00:01:40 +0000 Commit: Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2020-06-15 00:05:59 +0000 x11-wm/twm: Version bump to 1.0.11 - Port to EAPI=7 - Fix dependencies Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/288411 Signed-off-by: Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> x11-wm/twm/Manifest | 1 + x11-wm/twm/twm-1.0.11.ebuild | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+)
Hello, I think I have made a mistake asking to reopen this bug and add the dependency. twm can be run well with the fixed font, after a config change: /usr/share/X11/twm/system.twmrc TitleFont "fixed" and so on
