Re: Font problem on GNUstep/Debian

[Fred Kiefer]

Hi Andreas,

which backend are you using? You list the nfont that is only used by the
art backend, but the output from program looks like it is having
problems with the xlib backend. And even worse, it is using the most
outdated font mechanism in this backend. Perhaps you could just switch
over to the art backend or enable Freetype for the xlib backend and your
problem would be gone.

Cheers,
Fred

Andreas Höschler wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I just installed GNUstep (tree is a few weeks old and works great on
> Solaris) on a new Debian (etch) machine. Building make, base, gui and
> back went fine. Buildung our stuff worked as well. However, if I start
> any application no text is displayed (on the windows, in the menu,...).
> 
> The output (attached) indicates a problem with fonts. But I have no idea
> where to look at now! Any idea?
> 
> Thanks a lot!
> 
> Regards,
> 
>   Andreas
> 
> 
> ls /opt/GNUstep/System/Library/Fonts/
> Courier.nfont  Helvetica.nfont
> 
> openapp Finder
> 
> 2007-04-27 09:01:41.690 Finder[1652] Loading 2 user defined AppKit bundles
> 2007-04-27 09:01:41.693 Finder[1652] * Unable to load
> '/opt/GNUstep/Local/Library/Bundles/Camaelon.themeEngine'
> 2007-04-27 09:01:41.694 Finder[1652] * Unable to load
> '/opt/GNUstep/Local/Library/Bundles/EtoileMenus.bundle'
> 2007-04-27 09:01:41.931 Finder[1652] XGFont: selected font: Helvetica at
> 12.000000 (-*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1) is not
> available.
> 2007-04-27 09:01:41.931 Finder[1652] The font specified for NSFont,
> Helvetica, can't be found.
> 2007-04-27 09:01:41.933 Finder[1652] XGFont: selected font: Helvetica at
> 12.000000 (-*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1) is not
> available.
> 2007-04-27 09:01:41.935 Finder[1652] XGFont: selected font: Helvetica at
> 12.000000 (-*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1) is not
> available.
> 2007-04-27 09:01:41.937 Finder[1652] XGFont: selected font: Helvetica at
> 12.000000 (-*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1) is not
> available.
> 2007-04-27 09:01:41.939 Finder[1652] XGFont: selected font: Courier at
> 12.000000 (-*-courier-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-m-*-iso8859-1) is not
> available.
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.167 Finder[1652] XGFont: selected font:
> Helvetica-Bold at 12.000000
> (-*-helvetica-bold-r-normal--12-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1) is not available.
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.168 Finder[1652] The font specified for NSBoldFont,
> Helvetica-Bold, can't be found.
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.170 Finder[1652] XGFont: selected font: Helvetica at
> 12.000000 (-*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1) is not
> available.
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.172 Finder[1652] XGFont: selected font: Helvetica at
> 12.000000 (-*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1) is not
> available.
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.174 Finder[1652] XGFont: selected font: Helvetica at
> 12.000000 (-*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1) is not
> available.
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.175 Finder[1652] XGFont: selected font: Courier at
> 12.000000 (-*-courier-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-m-*-iso8859-1) is not
> available.
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.220 Finder[1652] XGFont: selected font: Helvetica at
> 12.000000 (-*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1) is not
> available.
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.221 Finder[1652] The font specified for NSFont,
> Helvetica, can't be found.
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.222 Finder[1652] XGFont: selected font: Helvetica at
> 12.000000 (-*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1) is not
> available.
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.224 Finder[1652] XGFont: selected font: Helvetica at
> 12.000000 (-*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1) is not
> available.
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.226 Finder[1652] XGFont: selected font: Helvetica at
> 12.000000 (-*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1) is not
> available.
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.228 Finder[1652] XGFont: selected font: Courier at
> 12.000000 (-*-courier-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-m-*-iso8859-1) is not
> available.
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.258 Finder[1652] XGFont: selected font: Helvetica at
> 12.000000 (-*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1) is not
> available.
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.259 Finder[1652] The font specified for NSFont,
> Helvetica, can't be found.
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.261 Finder[1652] XGFont: selected font: Helvetica at
> 12.000000 (-*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1) is not
> available.
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.263 Finder[1652] XGFont: selected font: Helvetica at
> 12.000000 (-*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1) is not
> available.
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.264 Finder[1652] XGFont: selected font: Helvetica at
> 12.000000 (-*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1) is not
> available.
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.266 Finder[1652] XGFont: selected font: Courier at
> 12.000000 (-*-courier-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-m-*-iso8859-1) is not
> available.
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.315 Finder[1652] tablePath
> /opt/GNUstep/Local/Applications/Finder.app/Resources/English.lproj/Localizable.strings
> 
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.315 Finder[1652] NSASCIIStringEncoding...
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.315 Finder[1652] Creating content from data 1112
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.456 Finder[1652] gui drawInteriorWithFrame 0
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.465 Finder[1652] gui drawInteriorWithFrame 0
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.466 Finder[1652] gui drawInteriorWithFrame 0
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.467 Finder[1652] gui drawInteriorWithFrame 0
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.468 Finder[1652] gui drawInteriorWithFrame 0
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.660 Finder[1652] XGFont: selected font: Helvetica at
> 12.000000 (-*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1) is not
> available.
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.661 Finder[1652] The font specified for NSFont,
> Helvetica, can't be found.
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.669 Finder[1652] XGFont: selected font: Helvetica at
> 12.000000 (-*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1) is not
> available.
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.671 Finder[1652] XGFont: selected font: Helvetica at
> 12.000000 (-*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1) is not
> available.
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.673 Finder[1652] XGFont: selected font: Helvetica at
> 12.000000 (-*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1) is not
> available.
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.675 Finder[1652] XGFont: selected font: Courier at
> 12.000000 (-*-courier-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-m-*-iso8859-1) is not
> available.
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.679 Finder[1652] XGFont: selected font: Helvetica at
> 12.000000 (-*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1) is not
> available.
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.679 Finder[1652] The font specified for NSFont,
> Helvetica, can't be found.
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.681 Finder[1652] XGFont: selected font: Helvetica at
> 12.000000 (-*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1) is not
> available.
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.683 Finder[1652] XGFont: selected font: Helvetica at
> 12.000000 (-*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1) is not
> available.
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.685 Finder[1652] XGFont: selected font: Helvetica at
> 12.000000 (-*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1) is not
> available.
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.686 Finder[1652] XGFont: selected font: Courier at
> 12.000000 (-*-courier-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-m-*-iso8859-1) is not
> available.
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.843 Finder[1652] displayGroupDidChangeSelection pdf
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.845 Finder[1652] dic {Preview.app =
> {NSHumanReadableName = "PDF Document"; NSIcon = Preview.tiff; NSName =
> pdf; NSRole = Viewer; NSUnixExtensions = (pdf); }; }
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.955 Finder[1652] <ShelfContainerView: 0x8502178>
> setBackgroundColor 0.450980 0.631373 1.000000
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.966 Finder[1652] XGFont: selected font: Helvetica at
> 12.000000 (-*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1) is not
> available.
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.967 Finder[1652] The font specified for NSFont,
> Helvetica, can't be found.
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.969 Finder[1652] XGFont: selected font: Helvetica at
> 12.000000 (-*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1) is not
> available.
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.970 Finder[1652] XGFont: selected font: Helvetica at
> 12.000000 (-*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1) is not
> available.
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.972 Finder[1652] XGFont: selected font: Helvetica at
> 12.000000 (-*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1) is not
> available.
> 2007-04-27 09:01:43.975 Finder[1652] XGFont: selected font: Courier at
> 12.000000 (-*-courier-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-m-*-iso8859-1) is not
> available.
> 2007-04-27 09:01:44.394 Finder[1652] <ShelfContainerView: 0x8502178>
> setBackgroundColor { ColorSpace = "NSCalibratedWhiteColorSpace"; W =
> "0.667000"; Alpha = "1.000000"; }
> 2007-04-27 09:01:44.395 Finder[1652] pboardTypes (NSFilenamesPboardType)
> 2007-04-27 09:01:44.395 Finder[1652] pboardTypes (NSFilenamesPboardType)
> 2007-04-27 09:01:45.043 Finder[1652] dic {Preview.app =
> {NSHumanReadableName = "PDF Document"; NSIcon = Preview.tiff; NSName =
> pdf; NSRole = Viewer; NSUnixExtensions = (pdf); }; }
> 2007-04-27 09:01:45.595 Finder[1652] gui drawInteriorWithFrame 0
> 2007-04-27 09:01:45.598 Finder[1652] gui drawInteriorWithFrame 0
> 2007-04-27 09:01:45.600 Finder[1652] gui drawInteriorWithFrame 0
> 2007-04-27 09:01:45.602 Finder[1652] gui drawInteriorWithFrame 0
> 2007-04-27 09:01:45.615 Finder[1652] gui drawInteriorWithFrame 0
> 2007-04-27 09:01:45.703 Finder[1652] gui drawInteriorWithFrame 0
> 2007-04-27 09:01:45.807 Finder[1652] gui drawInteriorWithFrame 0
> 2007-04-27 09:01:45.809 Finder[1652] gui drawInteriorWithFrame 0
> 2007-04-27 09:01:46.158 Finder[1652] gui drawInteriorWithFrame 0
> 2007-04-27 09:01:46.161 Finder[1652] gui drawInteriorWithFrame 0
> 
> 
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