On Tue, Jan 02, 2007 at 09:56:38PM -0800, Daniel Burrows wrote: > I'll take your word that this fixes this long-standing bug; one of the > major problems I had here is that I can't actually reproduce it in any > standard system configuration.
I double-checked, and confirmed that trying to start a new game on my etch system trips this error. > > Disclaimer: I do not really understand why > > -misc-fixed-medium-*-normal-*-15-0-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1 > > cannot be loaded, while > > -misc-fixed-medium-*-normal-*-15-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1 > > works. > I'm not an X font guru (which is why I had so much trouble with this > bug), but I actually have a clue for a change :). Apparently I never > before thought to dissect the font string, or I would have noticed that > it's asking for a font that is 0 points large. That seems moderately > bogus to me! In fact, I wonder why any system was able to come up with > a font that's both 15 pixels and 0 points large. Perhaps I'm not > understanding the full semantics of the font string? Well, then I'm not either. :) It is a rather strange default in any case; the fallbacks in the provided patch should take care of the compatibility issues, though I'm not sure of the correctness of the original font spec. Cheers, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
