The vlc 0.8.1 ebuild hardcodes vlc to use the following font: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype/timesbd.ttf The problem on my system is that this font isn't installed, and I don't know what package to install in order to get it. The vlc ebuild should probably include a dependency to some specific font ebuild. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: I emerged using the following USE settings: Calculating dependencies ...done! [ebuild R ] media-video/vlc-0.8.1 -3dfx +X -a52 +aalib -alsa (-altivec) +arts -bidi -cdda -cddb -cdio -debug -dts -dvb +dvd +esd -faad +fbcon +ffmpeg +flac +freetype -ggi -gnutls -hal -httpd -joystick -libcaca -lirc -live +mad +matroska +mozilla -mpeg2 +ncurses +nls +ogg +opengl +oss -stream -svg -svga -theora -utf8 -v4l -vcd -vlm +vorbis +wxwindows +xosd +xv 0 kB When I try to play a video file (with or without subtitles) and press 'k' to switch subtitle language, the following error is shown on the console: [00000XXX] freetype private error: failed to load font file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype/timesbd.ttf Expected Results:
Seems like both the original font ( /usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeSerifBold.ttf ) and the replacement ( /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype/timesbd.ttf ) aren't in a typical gentoo system. We can simply change the replacement with one of xorg, but this could be a problem if it's built without those fonts. Another option could be to add a dependency on a free font like ttf-bitstream-vera and simply use it as replacement, this way we are sure that the font exists. The problem of that solution is that it will add another dependency to the package.
All closed by bug #86419's resolving.
