Bug 259616 – x11-misc/xsnap-1.5.6: impossible to load font 7x13

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description 7v5w7go9ub0o 2009-02-19 17:45:59 UTC]

Get this when trying to use 1.5.2:

xsnap error : impossible to load font -bitstream-bitstream vera sans-medium-r-normal-*-*-100-*-*-p-*-iso8859-*

Reproducible: Always




Note....... this error message can also occur if your xorg.conf file has failed to identify the ttf font files. Check /var/log/Xorg.0.log to assure that the ttf* file is properly loaded. e.g.:

(**) FontPath set to:
        /usr/share/fonts/misc/,
        /usr/share/fonts/corefonts/,
        /usr/share/fonts/ttf-bitstream-vera/,
        /usr/share/fonts/Type1/,
        /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/,
        /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/


This error on 64bit hardened is something different, though it has the same symptoms.

[Comment 1 7v5w7go9ub0o 2009-02-19 17:50:07 UTC]

Each ebuild appears to compile fine.

[Comment 2 Krzysztof Pawlik (RETIRED) 2009-02-22 17:29:46 UTC]

Does it work correctly with media-fonts/ttf-bitstream-vera installed and configure in xorg.conf ?

[Comment 3 7v5w7go9ub0o 2009-02-22 18:54:12 UTC]

1.4.4 works fine with correct fonts and xorg.conf; 1.5.2 does not.

[Comment 4 Infinity 2009-05-25 13:12:30 UTC]

I have a similar problem:
        Xsnap, version 1.5.5

        xsnap error : impossible to load font 7x13

[Comment 5 Infinity 2009-06-01 06:31:31 UTC]

I also installed :

             Xsnap version 1.5.2
             
             xsnap error : impossible to load font -bitstream-bitstream vera sans-medium-r-normal-*-*-100-*-*-p-*-iso8859-*

[Comment 6 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) 2010-06-06 16:06:26 UTC]

I'm not sure what fonts 1.5.2 needs, but I've fixed deps for 1.5.6 and will be requesting it stable now.

+  06 Jun 2010; Samuli Suominen <[e-mail]> xsnap-1.5.6.ebuild:
+  Missing media-fonts/font-misc-misc RDEPEND for default 7x13 font wrt
+  #259616.

^ After installing font-misc-misc to get 7x13 font, it needs a X.org restart.