Description of problem: The file /usr/share/fonts/KOI8-R/misc/fonts.dir contains two entries for each font, one for the pcf.gz file and one for a bdf file that isn't included in the package. Apparently, the presence of the bdf entry breaks accesses to these fonts. As an example, it contains: 9x15s.bdf -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-koi8-ub 9x15s.pcf.gz -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-koi8-ub Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): fonts-KOI8-R-1.0-10.fc8.noarch How reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install fonts-KOI8-R 2. xfd -fn 9x15 Actual results: Warning: Cannot convert string "9x15" to type FontStruct xfd: no font to display Expected results: A window with the font displayed. Additional info: The bug can be avoided by rerunning mkfontdir in /usr/share/fonts/KOI8-R/misc. (And trigger the X server to reread its font files.) But there is no RPM script or other automatic way this is done. It must be done "by hand" after installation by the system administrator. And after doing this, the package fails a verify check by RPM.
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The problem is exactly the same in Fedora 11 (fonts-KOI8-R-1.0-11.fc11.noarch).
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The problem remains the same in Fedora 13 (fonts-KOI8-R-1.0-12.fc12.noarch)
Rebuilding seems to fix the problem for me on F13. Perhaps you could test this rawhide build: http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=2303397
fonts-KOI8-R-1.0-13.fc13 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 13. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/fonts-KOI8-R-1.0-13.fc13
fonts-KOI8-R-1.0-13.fc13 has been pushed to the Fedora 13 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update fonts-KOI8-R'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/fonts-KOI8-R-1.0-13.fc13
It looks good now.
fonts-KOI8-R-1.0-13.fc13 has been pushed to the Fedora 13 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.