I fixed my problem by installing the package 'ttf-bitstream-vera'. Nevertheless I was not able to find the place where emacs was configured to use the bitstream-vera-font as its default. There is no entry in '.emacs' and nothing in '.Xresources' ...
So 1. where does emacs get the setting for its default font from? 2. And why is there no dependendy between the emacs package and the package for its default font? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/544263 Title: emacs doesn't launch because of Font `-*-terminus- medium-*-*-*-17-120-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1' is not defined -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs