On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 08:14, B. Levin wrote: > I converted to xf86 4.3.0 (freebsd 4.8-RC) and when I try to start xclock like > I've always been able to (for the last 10+ yrs): > > xclock -bg black -fg red -hd blue -hl white > > I get this error: > > cannot convert string "" to type XftFont (xclock) > > the background does get set to black but no foreground colors seem to work, so > the clock shows up as invisible on a black background desktop. > > I upgraded all my ports via portupgrade (standard freebsd stuff). as far as I > can tell, xf86 4.3.0 installed and built ok from the ports area. > > not sure why xclock CARES about fonts (xft). and why that affects colors. ??
Could you send me your fonts.conf? Many people have seen this problem, and it may provide a clue. -- Eric Anholt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.freebsd.org/~anholt/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
