Package: fvwm95
Version: 2.0.43ba-23
Severity: important

Background:

- Fresh Debian netinstall CD (daily build, "testing" branch; 2005-12-10)
- after installing fvwm several times (with apt-get --reinstall ...)
  I still havent' figured out what's wrong.

Symptoms:

The window manager is started with command [1]:

  xinit /usr/bin/X11/fvwm95 -- :1 2>&1 | tee ~/.xsession-errors

When X starts, it's blank.  The bottom row does not include the
familiar fvwm95 taskbar with "start" button. Right clicking the
root menu brings up grey dialog without any text.

If actually clicking at the assumed "task bar" position at the bottom,
an empty dialog appers with no text. However the "task bar" is not
shown at all (only when clicking, the shadow of it becomes visible).

Probable cause:

- something to do with fonts.

INSTALLED FONTS

    # dpkg -l *xfonts* | grep ^ii

Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                     Version        Description
+++-========================-==============-============================================
ii  xfonts-100dpi            6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 100 dpi fonts for X
ii  xfonts-75dpi             6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 75 dpi fonts for X
ii  xfonts-base              6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 standard fonts for X
ii  xfonts-scalable          6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 scalable fonts for X

FONT SETTING in /etc/X11/fvwm95/system.*

    (xfontsel verifies that -adobe-helveltica* fonts can be used below)
    # grep -i font system.*

# Fonts - one for window titles, another for icons, and another for the menus
WindowFont      -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
IconFont        fixed
MenuFont        -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*
*RunDialogFont *helvetica*m*r*n*14*
*RunDialogButtonFont *helvetica*m*o*n*14*
*FvwmPagerFont -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
*FvwmPagerSmallFont 5x8
*DebianFvwm95ButtonsFont -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
*FvwmIdentFont -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
*FvwmWinListFont -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
*FvwmTaskBarFont -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*
*FvwmTaskBarSelFont -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*

DEBUG MESSAGES from [1]

X Window System Version 6.8.2 (Debian 6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 20050908031534 David 
Nusinow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
Release Date: 9 February 2005
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.2
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.12-1-686 i686 [ELF] 
Current Operating System: Linux cajon 2.6.12-1-386 #1 Tue Sep 27 12:41:08 JST 
2005 i686
Build Date: 08 September 2005
        Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org
        to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
OS Kernel: Linux version 2.6.12-1-386 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 4.0.2 
20050917 (prerelease) (Debian 4.0.1-8)) #1 Tue Sep 27 12:41:08 JST 2005 
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
        (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.1.log", Time: Sun Dec 11 13:07:48 2005
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"

Skipping "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a:m_debug_clip.o":  No 
symbols found
Skipping "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a:m_debug_norm.o":  No 
symbols found
Skipping "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a:m_debug_xform.o":  No 
symbols found
Skipping "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libfb.a:fbmmx.o":  No symbols found
Warning: font renderer for ".pcf" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".pcf.Z" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".pcf.gz" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".snf" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".snf.Z" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".snf.gz" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".bdf" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".bdf.Z" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".bdf.gz" already registered at priority 0
Warning: font renderer for ".pmf" already registered at priority 0
Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list!
Fvwm-95: in function FvwmErrorHandler: <<ERROR>> *** internal error ***
Fvwm-95: in function FvwmErrorHandler: <<ERROR>> Request 55, Error 7, 
EventType: 0
Fvwm-95: in function FvwmErrorHandler: <<ERROR>> *** internal error ***
Fvwm-95: in function FvwmErrorHandler: <<ERROR>> Request 55, Error 7, 
EventType: 0
Fvwm-95: in function FvwmErrorHandler: <<ERROR>> *** internal error ***
Fvwm-95: in function FvwmErrorHandler: <<ERROR>> Request 55, Error 7, 
EventType: 0
Fvwm-95: in function FvwmErrorHandler: <<ERROR>> *** internal error ***
Fvwm-95: in function FvwmErrorHandler: <<ERROR>> Request 55, Error 7, 
EventType: 0
Fvwm-95: in function FvwmErrorHandler: <<ERROR>> *** internal error ***
Fvwm-95: in function FvwmErrorHandler: <<ERROR>> Request 55, Error 7, 
EventType: 0
Fvwm-95: in function FvwmErrorHandler: <<ERROR>> *** internal error ***
Fvwm-95: in function FvwmErrorHandler: <<ERROR>> Request 55, Error 7, 
EventType: 0
Fvwm-95: in function FvwmErrorHandler: <<ERROR>> *** internal error ***
Fvwm-95: in function FvwmErrorHandler: <<ERROR>> Request 55, Error 7, 
EventType: 0
Fvwm-95: in function FvwmErrorHandler: <<ERROR>> *** internal error ***
Fvwm-95: in function FvwmErrorHandler: <<ERROR>> Request 55, Error 7, 
EventType: 0
Fvwm-95: in function FvwmErrorHandler: <<ERROR>> *** internal error ***
Fvwm-95: in function FvwmErrorHandler: <<ERROR>> Request 60, Error 13, 
EventType: 0
Fvwm-95: in function FvwmErrorHandler: <<ERROR>> *** internal error ***
Fvwm-95: in function FvwmErrorHandler: <<ERROR>> Request 55, Error 7, 
EventType: 0
Fvwm-95: in function FvwmErrorHandler: <<ERROR>> *** internal error ***
Fvwm-95: in function FvwmErrorHandler: <<ERROR>> Request 60, Error 13, 
EventType: 0
Fvwm-95: in function FvwmErrorHandler: <<ERROR>> *** internal error ***
Fvwm-95: in function FvwmErrorHandler: <<ERROR>> Request 55, Error 7, 
EventType: 0
Fvwm-95: in function FvwmErrorHandler: <<ERROR>> *** internal error ***
Fvwm-95: in function FvwmErrorHandler: <<ERROR>> Request 60, Error 13, 
EventType: 0
Fvwm-95: in function FvwmErrorHandler: <<ERROR>> *** internal error ***
Fvwm-95: in function FvwmErrorHandler: <<ERROR>> Request 55, Error 7, 
EventType: 0
Fvwm-95: in function FvwmErrorHandler: <<ERROR>> *** internal error ***
Fvwm-95: in function FvwmErrorHandler: <<ERROR>> Request 60, Error 13, 
EventType: 0
Fvwm-95: in function FvwmErrorHandler: <<ERROR>> *** internal error ***
Fvwm-95: in function FvwmErrorHandler: <<ERROR>> Request 55, Error 7, 
EventType: 0
Fvwm-95: in function FvwmErrorHandler: <<ERROR>> *** internal error ***
Fvwm-95: in function FvwmErrorHandler: <<ERROR>> Request 66, Error 13, 
EventType: 12
Fvwm-95: in function FvwmErrorHandler: <<ERROR>> *** internal error ***
Fvwm-95: in function FvwmErrorHandler: <<ERROR>> Request 66, Error 13, 
EventType: 12
Fvwm-95: in function FvwmErrorHandler: <<ERROR>> *** internal error ***
Fvwm-95: in function FvwmErrorHandler: <<ERROR>> Request 66, Error 13, 
EventType: 9
Fvwm-95: in function FvwmErrorHandler: <<ERROR>> *** internal error ***
Fvwm-95: in function FvwmErrorHandler: <<ERROR>> Request 66, Error 13, 
EventType: 9
DebianFvwm95Buttons: Cause of next X Error.
X Error of failed request:  BadFont (invalid Font parameter)
  Major opcode of failed request:  56 (X_ChangeGC)
  Resource id in failed request:  0xffffff
  Serial number of failed request:  220
  Current serial number in output stream:  343
X Error of failed request:  BadFont (invalid Font parameter)
  Major opcode of failed request:  55 (X_CreateGC)
  Resource id in failed request:  0x800002
  Serial number of failed request:  47
  Current serial number in output stream:  49
xinit:  connection to X server lost.



waiting for X server to shut down 



-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-386
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages fvwm95 depends on:
ii  libc6                     2.3.5-8        GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libreadline4              4.3-17         GNU readline and history libraries
ii  libx11-6                  6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxext6                  6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii  libxpm4                   6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 X pixmap library
ii  xlibs                     6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 X Window System client libraries m

Versions of packages fvwm95 recommends:
ii  fvwm95-icons              2.0.43ba-23    Win95ish icons for X
ii  menu                      2.1.26         generates programs menu for all me
ii  xbase-clients [xcontrib]  6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 miscellaneous X clients
ii  xterm                     6.8.2.dfsg.1-7 X terminal emulator

-- no debconf information


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