xfig complains about missing fonts.

Bug #1052627 reported by J. Meyer
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This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
xfig (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

xfig complains about missing all fonts in the drawings.

Solution: install gsfonts-x11 package and reboot. This should be made a dependency.

This was reported also for Mint 13: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1025842

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: xfig 1:3.2.5.b-2ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-30.48-generic-pae 3.2.27
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-30-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu13
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Sep 18 20:22:48 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=de_AT:de
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=de_AT.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xfig
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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J. Meyer (xy-y) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in xfig (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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jtappin (sjt) wrote :

Still an issue in Trusty Tahr :-(

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jtappin (sjt) wrote :

Should also be noted that the problem of crashing on exit seems to go away when gsfont-x11 is installed.

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