Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 17:43:27 -0400 From: Jeffrey Racine <racinej@mcmaster.ca> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgraded to 7.2, emacs fails with Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-times-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1" to type FontStruct Message-ID: <1179956607.1126.18.camel@pc-racine2.economics.McMaster.CA> In-Reply-To: <20070523214001.GA64484@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <1179955508.1126.13.camel@pc-racine2.economics.McMaster.CA> <20070523214001.GA64484@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Hi Kris. Thanks for the kind reply. I do have xorg (installed it manually after the upgrade with make install in /usr/ports/x11/xorg as I recall) xorg-7.2 X.Org complete distribution metaport xorg-apps-7.2 X.org apps meta-port xorg-cf-files-1.0.2_2 X.org cf files for use with imake builds xorg-docs-1.3,1 X.org documentation files xorg-drivers-7.2 X.org drivers meta-port xorg-fonts-100dpi-7.2 X.Org 100dpi bitmap fonts xorg-fonts-7.2 X.org fonts meta-port xorg-fonts-75dpi-7.2 X.Org 75dpi bitmap fonts xorg-fonts-cyrillic-7.2 X.Org Cyrillic bitmap fonts xorg-fonts-miscbitmaps-7.2 X.Org miscellaneous bitmap fonts xorg-fonts-truetype-7.2 X.Org TrueType fonts xorg-fonts-type1-7.2 X.Org Type1 fonts xorg-libraries-7.2 X.org libraries meta-port xorg-protos-7.2 X.org protos meta-port xorg-server-1.2.0_2,1 X.Org X server and related programs xorg-vfbserver-1.2.0,1 X virtual framebuffer server from X.Org On Wed, 2007-05-23 at 17:40 -0400, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 05:25:08PM -0400, Jeffrey Racine wrote: > > Hi. > > > > Just upgraded a FreeBSD 6.2 system to xorg 7.2 Upgrade had a few > > hiccups, but all now done and appears to be running (thanks!). > > > > However, just fired up emacs and get a bunch of boxes with no fonts and > > the message > > > > Warning: Cannot convert string > > "-*-times-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1" to type FontStruct > > > > All other apps appear to run fine... > > > > No idea how to diagnose the problem, so any help would be most > > appreciated. Many thanks in advance. > > Verify you have the x11/xorg port installed > > Kris --
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