Bug 429234 – Please stabilize =x11-misc/bbsload-0.2.9

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Paweł Hajdan, Jr. (RETIRED) 2012-07-31 21:33:31 UTC]

Is it OK to stabilize =x11-misc/bbsload-0.2.9 ?

If so, please CC all arches which have stable keywords

for older versions of this package and add STABLEREQ keyword

to the bug.

[Comment 1 Michael Weber (RETIRED) 2012-08-04 10:11:06 UTC]

go ahead, please.

[Comment 2 Agostino Sarubbo 2012-08-06 15:34:03 UTC]

ago@amd64box ~ $ bbsload 
blackbox: couldn't load default font.  please check to
make sure the necessary font is installed '-*-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*'



@amd64: works for any of you?

[Comment 3 Vicente Olivert Riera (RETIRED) 2012-08-12 15:39:28 UTC]

Same error here

[17:38:21] peratu@fujitsu ~ $ bbsload 
blackbox: couldn't load default font.  please check to
make sure the necessary font is installed '-*-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*'

[Comment 4 Tomáš "tpruzina" Pružina (amd64 [ex]AT) 2012-08-12 17:38:06 UTC]

same here

[Comment 5 Agostino Sarubbo 2012-08-12 17:39:09 UTC]

amd64 will drop stable keywords here, thanks all

[Comment 6 Vicente Olivert Riera (RETIRED) 2012-08-13 09:20:30 UTC]

I have tried to install media-fonts/liberation-fonts , because the description of that package says "GPL-2 Helvetica/Times/Courier replacement TrueType font set, courtesy of Red Hat", but I still getting the same error.

[Comment 7 Vicente Olivert Riera (RETIRED) 2012-08-13 12:34:17 UTC]

I have installed all packages under media-fonts category:

emerge $(eix -C media-fonts --stable --only-names --only-in-overlay gentoo)

but I still getting the same error.

[Comment 8 Johannes Huber (RETIRED) 2012-08-16 15:16:49 UTC]

Same runtime error on x86, stable keywords dropped.

@maintainer: maybe its time to stop the stabilization and give the package the last rite

[Comment 9 Raúl Porcel (RETIRED) 2012-09-09 15:14:54 UTC]

sparc keywords dropped

[Comment 10 Pacho Ramos 2012-10-06 12:59:46 UTC]

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=592108

[Comment 11 James Cloos 2012-11-24 23:44:34 UTC]

The package obviously uses server-side fonts.

There is nothing wrong with that; it is not a bug in the software.

Just install server-side fonts on your xserver box if you want to use x client apps which require them.

[Comment 12 Pacho Ramos 2012-11-25 07:07:27 UTC]

(In reply to comment #11)
> The package obviously uses server-side fonts.
> 
> There is nothing wrong with that; it is not a bug in the software.
> 
> Just install server-side fonts on your xserver box if you want to use x
> client apps which require them.

What exact package provides them? Also, why do you still need this old 2003 system load monitor? Don't you have any alternative?

[Comment 13 Kacper Kowalik (Xarthisius) (RETIRED) 2012-11-25 09:57:36 UTC]

+  25 Nov 2012; Kacper Kowalik <[e-mail]> bbsload-0.2.8.ebuild,
+  bbsload-0.2.9.ebuild:
+  Add missing dependency on helvetica font wrt #429234 c#3 by Agostino Sarubbo
+  <[e-mail]>. Thanks to James Cloos <[e-mail]> for providing
+  solution

Please continue

[Comment 14 Agostino Sarubbo 2012-11-27 13:14:02 UTC]

Still does not work. Please ask a test via irc before CC back amd64

[Comment 15 Brent Baude (RETIRED) 2012-11-29 20:32:17 UTC]

ppc done

[Comment 16 Vicente Olivert Riera (RETIRED) 2012-11-30 13:13:56 UTC]

(In reply to comment #15)
> ppc done

I have installed it on ppc, and then I tried to launch it and nothing happens. I don't see any system load monitor.
I tried it from fluxbox and blackbox with the same result: nothing.

Is it working for you? Can I see an screenshot?

[Comment 17 Agostino Sarubbo 2012-12-09 15:08:56 UTC]

ppc stable

[Comment 18 Vicente Olivert Riera (RETIRED) 2012-12-23 23:31:01 UTC]

(In reply to comment #15 and comment #17)

I have installed it on ppc, and then I tried to launch it and nothing happens. I don't see any system load monitor.
I tried it from fluxbox and blackbox with the same result: nothing.

Is it working for you? Can I see an screenshot?

Same behaviour on amd64 and x86. To avoid the problem of...

blackbox: couldn't load default font.  please check to
make sure the necessary font is installed '-*-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*'

...you need to add that font. You can use this script:

#!/bin/bash
for i in /usr/share/fonts/*
do
    xset +fp "$i"
done
xset fp rehash

[Comment 19 Agostino Sarubbo 2012-12-29 12:53:06 UTC]

Open another bug if does not work for you.