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From: David Relson <relson@×××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] emacs vs. gnome and xorg-1.5.3
Date: Wed, 06 May 2009 03:22:31
Message-Id: 20090505232228.32a4d753@osage.osagesoftware.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] emacs vs. gnome and xorg-1.5.3 by Robert Cernansky
1 On Tue, 05 May 2009 15:51:41 +0200
2 Robert Cernansky wrote:
3
4 > On Tue, 5 May 2009 07:41:34 -0400 David Relson
5 > <relson@×××××××××××××.com> wrote:
6 >
7 > > On Tue, 5 May 2009 12:20:14 +0200
8 > > Alex Schuster wrote:
9 > >
10 > > > David Relson writes:
11 > > >
12 > > > > I'm now running xorg-1.5.3 and emacs no longer works! I've got
13 > > > > emacs-22.3.1 installed. Normally I can start it from the Gnome
14 > > > > start menu or from a gnome terminal. Now it seems that nothing
15 > > > > happens when I start it from the start menu. When I start it
16 > > > > from a gnome terminal, emacs reports "No fonts match '8x13'".
17 > > > > Anybody know how to fix this?
18 > > >
19 > > > Do you have media-fonts/font-misc-misc installed?
20 > > >
21 > > > Wonko
22 > >
23 > > H'lo Wonko,
24 > >
25 > > I didn't have that font installed. After installing it and
26 > > restarting xfs, the problem is still present. Any other ideas?
27 >
28 > What is the output of 'xlsfonts | grep 8x13' command? If it does not
29 > find 8x13 as well then check your /etc/X11/xorg.conf
30 > and /etc/X11/fs/config.
31 >
32 > Or try not to use xfs if you do not need it (it is not needed on
33 > standard desktop configuration). I'm not using xfs and emacs works
34 > fine after update to xorg-server 1.5.3. You can remove entire
35 > 'Section "Files"' from your xorg.conf I guess. However if it will not
36 > work for you, try to add 'FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"' line to
37 > section Files.
38 >
39 > Robert
40
41 'xlsfonts | grep 8x13' returns nothing.
42
43 'xlsfonts | grep x13' shows '6x13' and "emacs --font=6x13" works,
44 thought it's not ideal.
45
46 /etc/X11/fs/config _does_ have /usr/share/fonts/misc and that
47 directory does have 8x13 fonts.
48
49 With xorg-server-1.5.3, my xorg.conf has been reduced to 3 lines so that
50 my keyboard and mouse would work, i.e.
51
52 Section "ServerFlags"
53 Option "AllowEmptyInput" "false"
54 EndSection
55
56 I've copied the "Section Files" and all the FontPath lines
57 (including one with /usr/share/fonts/misc) from my old xorg.conf, but
58 that hasn't helped emacs find 8x13.

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Re: [gentoo-user] emacs vs. gnome and xorg-1.5.3 Robert Cernansky <hslists2@××××××.sk>