Bug 1073

Summary:	Bad locERROR: X: Unable to open font "vga"ERROR: , trying "vga"...
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	petr_kristof
Component:	dosemu	Assignee:	David Lawrence <dkl>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	5.2	CC:	skopp
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Description petr_kristof 1999-02-08 15:38:18 UTC

Dosemu (xdos) lookink for vga font in
 /usr/X11R6/lib/fonts/misc/
directory, but RedHats package places this font to
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/ directory.

Workaround:

mkdir -p /usr/X11R6/lib/fonts/misc
cd /usr/X11R6/lib/fonts/misc
cp ../../X11/fonts/misc/vga.pcf .
mkfontdir .
xset fp+ /usr/X11R6/lib/fonts/misc

HINT: Try to recompile it with right path ;-)

Comment 1 David Lawrence 1999-04-01 23:35:59 UTC

I was unable to replicate this problem in dosemu-0.98.1-2

Comment 2 Jeff Johnson 1999-06-03 09:17:59 UTC

*** Bug 181 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

vga.pcf (in .../X11/.../font/misc/) directory is not
recognized by X11, so when you execute xdos or xtermdos the
font is not used.  (So, e.g. you don't have the nice dos
border character)
This happens to unresolved dependencies with the rpm
containing the X11 font!
in the font/misc directory, the vga.pcf file exists but is
NOT mentioned in font.alias.

To fix it:  Edit the font.alias file, replace "72" with "73"
in the first line and add a line "vga.pcf vga" at the end of
the file.

Dear Redhat RPM-Maintainer, pls. add this to you future
dosemu rpms, thanks.


------- Additional Comments From pbrown  11/24/98 16:34 -------
This probably won't get fixed until 6.0, when the X11 font directories
gain the ability to be rebuilt automatically by RPM whenever they are
"touched" by a package being installed or uninstalled.