On +2019-09-08 19:05:22 -0600, Jesse Gibbons wrote: > Hi Jan, > On Mon, 2019-09-09 at 00:18 +0200, Jan wrote: > > Okay, I found some probably more helpful info - I run icecat in a > > terminal and it throws the following warnings, don't know if they're > > related to this bug though: > > ... > > (/gnu/store/8pjdh78z3j2issz78yjmf94k3hlkrb5f-icecat-60.9.0- > > guix1/lib/icecat/.icecat-real:4648): > > Pango-WARNING **: 22:11:58.541: failed to create cairo scaled font, > > expect ugly output. the offending font is 'Nimbus Sans L > > 9.9990234375' > >
I got this too when I first installed icecat. I am not sure why, but I got no readable presentation from icecat until I had done guix install font-dejavu The steps prior to that, and after were: guix package -i nss-certs guix upgrade icecat guix install fontconfig guix install libxfont guix install font-dejavu -->> and that gave icecat font guix install moka-icon-theme guix install hicolor-icon-theme guix install less libxfont notably did nothing for me, but idk if fontconfig was either interfered or did something good. You might consider installing font-dejavu After getting a usable display, there was another error produced by an add-on, which I was able to disable from the menu at the top right. Sorry not to remember details on that. I generally dislike add-ons or anything else that comes preconfigured to do any action without my consent. R_my_F, icecat ;-/ Jesse's fc-list suggestion indicates that the Nimbus fonts ought to come in by guix install gs-fonts maybe that would work as well as or better than guix install font-dejavu Idk :) HTH [...] > > > > Jan Wielkiewicz > > > > > > > Looks like it isn't finding the "Nimbus Sans L" font. Try running > > fc-list | grep "Nimbus Sans L" > > and reply with the output. > -- > -Jesse > Regards, Bengt Richter
