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Description of problem: When X server is configured to accept fonts both from local font directories as well as xfs running on localhost, gnome desktop fails to start properly: metacity, nautilus and some gnome applets refuse to run. The following error is reported by all of them (with minor variations): Window manager warning: xserver doesn't have 'fixed' font. Bug in window manager: Unexpected X error: BadName (named color or font does not exist) serial 209 error_code 15 request_code 45 minor_code 0) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): xorg-x11-xfs-1.0.5-2.fc9 Installed fonts: culmus-fonts-0.101-4.fc8.noarch bitmap-fonts-0.3-5.2.fc9.noarch fonts-KOI8-R-75dpi-1.0-10.fc8.noarch taipeifonts-1.2-5.fc9.noarch xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-1-100dpi-7.2-6.fc9.noarch fonts-chinese-3.03-12.fc8.noarch kacst-fonts-1.6.2-2.fc8.noarch liberation-fonts-1.0-4.fc9.noarch xorg-x11-fonts-misc-7.2-6.fc9.noarch texlive-texmf-fonts-2007-22.fc9.noarch texlive-texmf-errata-fonts-2007-4.fc9.noarch tv-fonts-1.1-5.fc9.noarch dejavu-lgc-fonts-2.24-3.fc9.noarch bitstream-vera-fonts-1.10-8.noarch xorg-x11-fonts-cyrillic-7.2-6.fc9.noarch fonts-hebrew-0.101-2.fc8.noarch ghostscript-fonts-5.50-18.fc8.noarch cjkunifonts-ukai-0.1.20060928-4.fc8.noarch fonts-arabic-2.1-2.fc8.noarch urw-fonts-2.4-5.fc9.noarch xorg-x11-fonts-truetype-7.2-3.fc8.noarch fonts-KOI8-R-1.0-10.fc8.noarch paktype-fonts-2.0-2.fc8.noarch fonts-KOI8-R-100dpi-1.0-10.fc8.noarch xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-1-75dpi-7.2-6.fc9.noarch VLGothic-fonts-20071215-2.fc9.noarch sazanami-fonts-mincho-0.20040629-4.20061016.fc8.noarch sazanami-fonts-gothic-0.20040629-4.20061016.fc8.noarch fonts-japanese-0.20061016-13.fc9.noarch cjkunifonts-uming-0.1.20060928-4.fc8.noarch How reproducible: If xfs is running before logging into Gnome desktop, always. Reproduced on 2 machines (i386 and x86_64). If xfs is restarted after the gnome desktop is up, all the failing apps and applets can load again. If xfs is not running at all, the problem doesn't happen. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start XFS 2. Log in to Gnome Actual results: No window manager, no nautilus desktop, some applets missing. No xfs - no problem. Expected results: Desktop should show up properly Additional info: Regression: the same setup worked fine with F8. This might be an X Server bug rather than xfs bug, selecting xfs as a target because there's an obvious workaround to restart or stop xfs.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 430416 ***
Why was it marked as a duplicate? Please see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=430416#c30 - Pete Zaitcev explicitly stated that he doesn't care if the bug is fixed in F9, and bug 430416 is for rawhide.