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

[James McKenzie]

Joshua C. wrote:
> 2010/8/29 James McKenzie <jjmckenzie51 at earthlink.net>:
>   
>> Joshua C. wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I needed to use wineconsole and after installing the latest available
>>> packages (1.3.1-1) I got the following message when trying to start
>>> wineconsole cmd:
>>> err:wineconsole:WINECON_Fatal Couldn't find a decent font, aborting
>>>
>>> Installing different fonts and "export LANG= en_US.UTF-8" didn't help.
>>> Does anyone have any idea? trying f13 and f14 gave me the same results
>>> although the current packages in f13 are v.1.2.0.
>>>
>>>       
>> Did you install the Liberation fontset?
>>
>> Did you look through the Wine FAQ at http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ for an
>> answer as well?
>>
>> James McKenzie
>>
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>
> Did you read my question at all before pointing to the FAQ???
>   
Yes, I did.
> Just for you information - the liberation fonts are installed by
> default in fedora with the kde. And YES I used google which shows the
> same problem being discussed in 2002, 2003 and 2008. That's why I
> tried the export LANG=.....
>   
You did not state this.  What is your default language?  It appears that 
it is other than English by this statement.

> So here is the question one more time, because obviously you didn't
> take your time to think about an answer.
>
> "I needed to use wineconsole and after installing the latest available
> packages (1.3.1-1) I got the following message when trying to start
> wineconsole cmd: err:wineconsole:WINECON_Fatal Couldn't find a decent
> font, aborting
>   
> Installing different fonts and "export LANG= en_US.UTF-8" didn't help.
> Does anyone have any idea? trying f13 and f14 gave me the same results
> although the current packages in f13 are v.1.2.0."
>   
Let me understand this better.  You state that Wine 1.2 does not work 
either after you use yum to remove and purge the Wine 1.3.1 package?

Also, which package did you install?  Wine 64 bit has problems that Wine 
32 bit does not.

You might get a better response by posting to the Wine-User list as well. 

And pointing you to the FAQ was because you had not stated all of the 
facts.  I did not know you are using KDE, this may make a difference.

James McKenzie