ago@amd64box ~ $ bbdate Could not open default style file bbdate.styleFile: in /usr/share/bbtools/bbdate.nobb Using internal defaults. blackbox: couldn't load font '-*-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*' ... reverting to default font.blackbox: couldn't load default font. please check to make sure the necessary font is installed '-*-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*'
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=614646
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. This report should be closed as NOTABUG.
Also solved installing media-fonts/font-adobe-100dpi? Is there any other package providing that font?
+ 25 Nov 2012; Kacper Kowalik <xarthisius@gentoo.org> bbdate-0.2.4-r1.ebuild, + bbdate-0.2.4.ebuild: + Add missing dependency on helvetica font wrt #395353 by Agostino Sarubbo + <ago@gentoo.org>. Thanks to James Cloos <cloos@jhcloos.com> for providing + solution
No, a dependency is wrong! X Client apps do not DEPEND on server-side fonts. There is no reason to expect that the client and the server will be on the same box. Or even that there is an x server installed on the client box. That package was exactly correct before, and that change should be reverted. Reports about an x11 client’s inability to load a server-side font (which will typically mention an XFLD) should be met with NOTABUG and a canned explanation that they need to install (a) suitable server-side font(s) on their X server box. This is not a new issue. Gentoo has been over this in the past.
(In reply to comment #5) I applied jer's fix from bug 402713. + 26 Nov 2012; Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org> bbdate-0.2.4-r1.ebuild: + Remove references to helvitica font. Thanks to jer for the idea. Bug 395353.
