Re: [gentoo-user] Re: upgrade of xfce4 degrades terminal

[Maxim Wexler]

Opens an identical xterm. In the original terminal it says

Warning: Cannot convert string "nil2" to type FontStruct

before spawning the new terminal.

Search results inconclusive.  BTW if you google "Warning: Cannot
convert string "nil2" to type FontStruct" + xfterm4 you get precisely
one hit, which I believe is known as a "googlewhack".

This is the terminal I want, the one I used to have:

http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/terminal

This is the terminal I have now:

http://www.xfce.org/projects/terminal

mw

On 9/21/09, walt <w41ter@×××××.com> wrote:
> On 09/21/2009 04:16 PM, Maxim Wexler wrote:
>> Hi group,
>>
>> Before I did -uvDN world a couple of days ago the terminal that came
>> with xfce4 was quite nice, configurable, with tabs. Now the terminal
>> app really sucks. I've looked in ~/.config/xfce4 for something to
>> tweak but must have missed it.
>>
>> Settings->Preferred Applications->Utilities leads to a dialogue window
>> where a Terminal Emulator may be chosen, but the only one that works
>> is the default X Terminal. If you click on Select Application you are
>> led to /usr/bin. I tried xfterm4 but when I clicked on terminal in the
>> menu nothing happened.
>>
>> I see under ~/.local/share/xfce4/helpers there is an xterm config file
>> with the line:
>>
>> X-XFCE-Commands=/usr/bin/xterm.
>>
>> Is there something else I can point it too or do I need to emerge
>> something else to improve the terminal in Xfce-4.6.1?
>
> I would try running 'xfterm4' from a command prompt (in the sucky xterm
> window, of course ;o) and look for error messages.  That's always the
> first thing I try when clicking on an icon doesn't work.
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