2008/5/31 David Chanters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > hi all, > > i keep getting the error in the subject as in: > > urxvt: unable to load base fontset, please specify a valid one using > -fn, aborting > > previously i had gotten around this error by adding the following to > my shell rc file: > > printf '\33]50;%s\007' "8x13" > > However i am now finding that this causes problems with the "tabbed" > extension in that any new tab created "hangs" and i have to manually > switch to an old tab and back again to the new one in order for the > prompt to appear. this is diagreeable. > > Having googled, i found this: > > http://lists.schmorp.de/pipermail/rxvt-unicode/2006q2/000256.html > > however, the suggestions in that post don't apply -- my fonts do exist > and my .Xdefaults file is being read just fine since i have all the > correct colors from ~/.Xdefaults being displayed in urxvt. Just to > humor you i have: > > URxvt.font: 8x13,fixed > > (And yes, i have run: xrdb < ~/.Xdefaults) > > Also: > > % xlsfonts -fn 8x13 > 8x13 8x13 > > Any ideas on whats going on? i hope this isn't me being silly
oh dear - i should point out that the terminal renders with the correct font, but the popup menu is causing the same error message now about a missing font. Why is this? i tried adding: URxvt.popup.font: 8x13 and re-running xrdb < ~/.Xdefaults and loading a new urxvt - same error message. Sorry about that missing info! David _______________________________________________ rxvt-unicode mailing list [email protected] http://lists.schmorp.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rxvt-unicode
