err:wineconsole:WINECON_Fatal Couldn't find a decent font, aborting

[James McKenzie]

Joshua C. wrote:
> 2010/9/2 James McKenzie <jjmckenzie51 at earthlink.net>:
>   
>> Joshua C. wrote:
>>     
>>> From my point of view it looks like a fedora bug, not a wine bug. I
>>> haven't tested the code from winehq but there were some commits with
>>> some font changes in the lastest koji.
>>>
>>> I got the same error with gnome and it also happens on i686. After you
>>> confirm this we have to file bug ticket about this.
>>>
>>>       
>> Since I work with the Wine project as a so-so developer, things have
>> been known to happen.  Font issues are reported on the Wine-Users list
>> all the time.
>>
>> However, I will work with this on the weekend.  My schedule is full and
>> I have to work on the power adapter for the laptop I use for Linux.
>>
>> James McKenzie
>>
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>
> Ok,
>
> just to sum up what I've seen up to now.
>
> 1. wine works fine but wineconsole throws an error.
> 2. this happen regardless of the architecture
> 3. the last "working" version is 1.2.0-0.6.rc6
> 4. when started for the first time the aforementioned version tries to
> "initilize" the available fonts and writes something to the wine
> directory in the user's home directory.
>   
Can you check the contents of the Fonts directory?  It is located in the 
default installation at $HOME/.wine/drive_c/windows/fonts.  There should 
be set of TrueType fonts (.ttf) files.

> 5. all newer versions of wineconsole work only if this font
> information is found in the wine folder. If not an error is thrown.
>   
Can you go to the Wine Users list and post this?  It would be most 
helpful and maybe you are not the only one suffering with this problem.

I don't work on the wineconsole product.  I'm working on a couple of 
missing functions in richedit that I need/desire for my Bible Study 
programs.  Without them, the display does not function properly.

Also, keep in mind that for the most part, Wine is a totally volunteer 
project.

James McKenzie