Description of problem:

If xterm is configured to use TrueType fonts (both through "-fa" command line options and via ".Xresources" file), when it is started it shows a window with a black screen (neither background or foreground is visible).
For restoring the screen you have to issue a command which produces some output, like "ls". After issuing this command you can see the "normal" xterm window with the chosen font.
The problem does not occur if TrueType fonts are not used.

Moreover, when xterm is start (both when using TrueType fonts and when not), the command produces a warning:

 Warning: Cannot convert string "nil2" to type FontStruct

Looking for this message with Google, it seems this might be solved by installing the package xorg-x11-fonts-misc (containing bitmap fonts).
I haven't tried yet.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

237-1.fc10


How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open a terminal
2. From the terminal prompt, run the command: xterm
3. From the terminal prompt, run the command: xterm -fa "monospace"
   (you can try with other fonts like "times", "Courier New". You can also include the option -cjk_width -- found on the xterm man page)

  
Actual results:

From step 2, you get an xterm window without any problem
From step 3, you get an xterm window completely black (but window decorations)


Expected results:

From step 3, you should immediately get an xterm window without the black screen and with the chosen font.

Additional info: