[XFree86-4.0.3-1] Both the base XFree86 and the XFree86-cyrillic packages are containing fonts.alias files which are defining the same alias: ----/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/fonts.alias---- fixed -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1 variable -*-helvetica-bold-r-normal-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1 ... ----/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/fonts.alias---- fixed -cronyx-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-koi8-r variable -*-helvetica-bold-r-normal-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-koi8-r ... So depending on the order of the directories in the config-file, the wrong font will be choosen. I don't know the best solution to resolve this conflicts. Perhaps a RPM-package can be created which contains a bunch of fonts.alias files (one for each encoding) for the default fonts. Then the admin has to set a symlink to the prefered one. This bug is related to #17757
Ok, I'll have a look at bug #17757 and see if I can come up with something.
Are you still seeing such a problem under RHL 7.3?
Don't seeing it anymore...