Tom Roche Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 9:32 PM > Despite installing package=font-misc-misc (recommended by
> http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-grep.cgi?grep=nil2 > ) via setup.exe, everytime I start an xterm I get > > Warning: Cannot convert string "nil2" to type FontStruct Jon TURNEY Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 6:51 AM > Installing the font-alias package and restarting the X server or > xset fp rehash should fix that. Indeed font-alias did! (restarting, anyway--I usually shutdown before installing anything) Note to future enquirers: installing this one package seems to take a rather exceptionally long time, due to its postinstall script, but only ~60 sec. > I think the problem is that the font-alias package contains the > alias from the name 'nil2' to > '-misc-nil-medium-r-normal--2-20-75-75-c-10-misc-fontspecific' an > XLFD name which matches the actual font inside the 'nil2.pcf.gz' > file. > Perhaps to avoid this, xterm's setup.hint should list font-alias as > a requirement since it names fonts defined there in it's default > resources? I hope some day to understand X sufficiently well to make a reasoned judgement about this. Your assistance is appreciated, Tom Roche <tom_ro...@pobox.com> -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/