Bug 21895

Summary:	xterm: cannot load font -Misc-Fixed or -Misc-Fixed-bold
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Bit Twister <bittwister2>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Shlomi Fish <shlomif>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal	CC:	marja11
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	xterm-331-1.mga7.src.rpm	CVE:
Status comment:

Description Bit Twister 2017-10-19 12:34:47 CEST

Description of problem:  mga7 dev0

$ xterm &
xterm: cannot load font "-Misc-Fixed-medium-R-*-*-13-120-75-75-C-160-ISO10646-1"
xterm: cannot load font "-Misc-Fixed-bold-R-*-*-13-120-75-75-C-160-ISO10646-1"

When xterm launched from a desktop shortcut, two xterms are created.

Guessing leading "-" causing problem.

$ fc-match Misc-Fixed-medium-R-*-*-13-120-75-75-C-160-ISO10646-1
DejaVuSans.ttf: "DejaVu Sans" "Book"

$ fc-match -Misc-Fixed-medium-R-*-*-13-120-75-75-C-160-ISO10646-1
fc-match: invalid option -- 'M'

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible: Always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. xterm &

Comment 1 Bit Twister 2017-10-19 16:02:27 CEST

deleted/created test account, installed latest updates, removed all orphans, deleted dangling links, reboot and problem disappeared.

Status: UNCONFIRMED => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED

Comment 2 Bit Twister 2017-10-19 16:20:42 CEST

Ooops should have followed my own test procedure.

Desktop shortcut launch only launches 1 xterm. So I thought it fixed.

 xterm &
will shows can not load font.

Resolution: FIXED => (none)
Status: RESOLVED => UNCONFIRMED

Comment 3 Marja Van Waes 2017-10-21 18:07:43 CEST

Assigning to the registered maintainer.

CC: (none) => marja11
Assignee: bugsquad => shlomif

Comment 4 Marja Van Waes 2017-10-27 19:58:58 CEST

Mass-change status to NEW for all bugs that were filed as UNCONFIRMED between October 9 and now, and that still have that status now.

From now on all newly filed bugs will have the NEW status again, like before, regardless of who files the report.

Ever confirmed: 0 => 1
Status: UNCONFIRMED => NEW

Comment 5 Bit Twister 2018-01-09 08:36:32 CET

Misc-Fixed-bold-R- no longer shows up as missing.
Just Misc-Fixed-medium-R

Source RPM: xterm-330-1.mga7.src.rpm => xterm-331-1.mga7.src.rpm

Comment 6 Shlomi Fish 2018-01-09 08:59:40 CET

(In reply to Bit Twister from comment #5)
> Misc-Fixed-bold-R- no longer shows up as missing.
> Just Misc-Fixed-medium-R

I can reproduce the problem here, but xterm is completely unpatched in Mageia. Can you ask the upstream about it?

Comment 7 Bit Twister 2018-01-09 09:58:53 CET

(In reply to Shlomi Fish from comment #6)
> (In reply to Bit Twister from comment #5)
> > Misc-Fixed-bold-R- no longer shows up as missing.
> > Just Misc-Fixed-medium-R
> 
> I can reproduce the problem here, but xterm is completely unpatched in
> Mageia. Can you ask the upstream about it?

I am just a dumb user. You may get a technical reply if you contact him directly.
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