failing to find fonts: dexconf writes bogus FontPaths
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
exim4 (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
xorg (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
I updated my system from dapper to edgy. Now all "pure" X applications are unable to start or properly start due to missing charset in fonts.
Example 1
luca@redrum:~$ xfontsel
Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font
Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion
Warning: Unable to load any usable fontset
Error: Aborting: no font found
Example 2
Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-courier-
Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font
Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-helvetica-
Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font
Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font
[emacs starts, but all characters in edit area are squares
Changed in xorg: | |
status: | Unconfirmed → Confirmed |
Changed in exim4: | |
status: | New → Invalid |
Forgot to mention: I tried to fix the issue I reported in bug 63373 manually creating symlinks to missing directories and reinstalling relevant xfont* package. This can't help.