Re: Re; FC10: xterm problem [SOLVED]

[Marco Guazzone]

On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 10:24 AM, Marco Guazzone
 wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 9:54 AM, Marco Guazzone
>  wrote:
> > On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 5:42 PM, Marco Guazzone
> >  wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > I've just installed FC10... beautiful!
> > > >
> > > > Actually I've only a problem with xterm.
> > > > Each time I start xterm, I get an xterm completely black (both
> > > > background and foreground).
> > > > However, after typing something and pressing enter, for instance:
> > > > $ ls <ENTER>
> > > > the prompt is visible and bg/fg colors are right (grey/black respectively).
> > > > (Note: a simple terminal "clear" or ^L doesn't work).
> > > >
> > > > This problem doesn't happen with gnome-terminal.
> > > >
> > > > I use a custom ".Xresources" file (the same I used in FC9) but I don't
> > > > think this is the cause of the problem.
> > > >
> > > > Any idea?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks!!
> > > >
> > > > -- Marco
> > >
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > nobody experience this problem?
> > > Any help is very appreciated!!
> > >
> > > thanks!
> > >
> > > -- Marco
> >
> > I think this is a problem related to Xft fonts.
> > If I remove my .Xresources file and run from a terminal "xterm",
> > there's no black screen.
> > But if I start xterm by specifying a TrueType font:
> > $ xterm -fa "monospace"
> > (or:
> > $ xterm -fa "Courier New"
> > $ xterm -fa "monospace" -cjk_width
> > $ xterm -fa "times"
> > ...
> > )
> > I get the black screen problem.
> > I think this is the time to submit a bug
> >
> > -- Marco
>
> Submitted a new bug:
>
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=473753
>
> -- Marco

The problem can be fixed by installing the package

xorg-x11-fonts-misc

-- Marco

FC10: xterm problem [SOLVED]

[Michael Schwendt]

On Tue, 2 Dec 2008 13:59:41 +0100, Marco wrote:
> > > I think this is a problem related to Xft fonts.
> > > If I remove my .Xresources file and run from a terminal "xterm",
> > > there's no black screen.
> > > But if I start xterm by specifying a TrueType font:
> > > $ xterm -fa "monospace"
> > > (or:
> > > $ xterm -fa "Courier New"
> > > $ xterm -fa "monospace" -cjk_width
> > > $ xterm -fa "times"
> > > ...
> > > )
> > > I get the black screen problem.
> > > I think this is the time to submit a bug
> > >
> > > -- Marco
> >
> > Submitted a new bug:
> >
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=473753
> >
> > -- Marco
>
> The problem can be fixed by installing the package
>
> xorg-x11-fonts-misc

Something's wrong with the fonts of a default F10 installation. :-(
Compared with F10 development (Nov 14th) it rejects my customised
fonts for xterm and Emacs. Other users have noticed it, too.
Emacs is affected by it even with defaults. Its built-in font
choices give "Not found". Somebody in bugzilla suggests a hardcoded
dependency on xorg-x11-fonts-misc, but it doesn't suffice IMO.
Additionally, my first F10 installation gives poor font rendering
quality in Firefox (and Emacs, for example). Comparing the list
of installed fonts packages with my Rawhide inst is the first thing
I'll do.

FC10: xterm problem [SOLVED]

[Michael Schwendt]

> > The problem can be fixed by installing the package
> >
> > xorg-x11-fonts-misc
>
> Something's wrong with the fonts of a default F10 installation. :-(
> Compared with F10 development (Nov 14th) it rejects my customised
> fonts for xterm and Emacs. Other users have noticed it, too.
> Emacs is affected by it even with defaults. Its built-in font
> choices give "Not found". Somebody in bugzilla suggests a hardcoded
> dependency on xorg-x11-fonts-misc, but it doesn't suffice IMO.
> Additionally, my first F10 installation gives poor font rendering
> quality in Firefox (and Emacs, for example). Comparing the list
> of installed fonts packages with my Rawhide inst is the first thing
> I'll do.

Solved.

yum -y install xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-1-75dpi

was necessary here for Emacs and my xterm font.