On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:01:31 +0100 Matej Kosik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Friends, > > I am using Debian GNU/Linux Sid. > > When I start `xmms' I get > > ** WARNING **: Failed to open font: > "-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-10-*". > > Similarly, when I start `gv' I get > > Warning: Cannot convert string > "-*-Helvetica-Medium-R-Normal--*-140-*-*-P-*-ISO8859-1" to type > FontStruct Warning: Cannot convert string > "-*-Helvetica-Medium-R-Normal--*-120-*-*-P-*-ISO8859-1" to type > FontStruct Warning: Cannot convert string > "-*-Helvetica-Medium-R-Normal--*-100-*-*-P-*-ISO8859-1" to type > FontStruct Warning: Cannot convert string > "-*-Helvetica-Bold-R-Normal--*-120-*-*-P-*-ISO8859-1" to type > FontStruct > > > Can you please recommend me some reading about fonts in Xorg? How can > I find mappings from those X font names to some real files? (so that > I will know which package I am missing or perhaps what to install)? > > Thank you I can't recommend a particular document, but if you browse through the reference documentation[1] you should find something helpful. As for your problem with xmms ... the Helvetica font is included in the xfonts-100dpi and xfonts-75dpi packages. Do you have at least one of them installed? 1. http://www.debian.org/doc/user-manuals#quick-reference -- Liam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
