Bug 542962

Summary:	games-board/xgammon-0.98 doesn't launch
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Alexander Berntsen (RETIRED) <bernalex>
Component:	[OLD] Games	Assignee:	Gentoo Games <games>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Alexander Berntsen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2015-03-11 20:22:42 UTC

When running xgammon, an X window briefly flashes on my screen, only to disappear immediately.


→ xgammon
couldn't load doubler dice font, using default, sorry
X Error of failed request:  BadFont (invalid Font parameter)
  Major opcode of failed request:  55 (X_CreateGC)
  Resource id in failed request:  0x0
  Serial number of failed request:  124
  Current serial number in output stream:  126

Comment 1 Mr. Bones. (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2015-03-11 20:43:10 UTC

do you have any helvetica fonts installed like the packages tells you to?

Comment 2 Mr. Bones. (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2015-04-14 06:06:28 UTC

no reply; continues to work for me.

Comment 3 Alexander Berntsen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2015-04-14 21:51:11 UTC

Sorry!

I missed the message to install the font, and when I did everything worked.

I wrote a reply here, but must have forgotten to hit "Save Changes".