Description of problem: Trying to launch echomixer from console gives the following error: "Cannot find the font" Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always, after installing alsa-tools, unless xorg-x11-fonts-misc is installed (not installed by default, not included as dependency in alsa-tools, but needed). Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open a terminal 2. Type 'echomixer' Actual results: "Cannot find the font" Expected results: Echomixer gui should launch Additional info: The error results from not having 'xorg-x11-fonts-misc' installed. Including this font as a dependency in the alsa-tools package should resolve the problem. The solution was revealed by looking in 'echomixer.c': gtk_init(&argc, &argv); fnt=gdk_font_load("-misc-fixed-medium-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"); if (!fnt) { printf("Cannot find the font\n"); exit(1); } The "-misc-fixed-medium-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" font is part of xorg-x11-fonts-misc, which needs to be installed for the echomixer gui to appear.
Has been fixed in newer Fedoras - see bug #503284
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alsa-tools-1.0.20-2.fc10 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 10. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/alsa-tools-1.0.20-2.fc10
alsa-tools-1.0.20-2.fc10 has been pushed to the Fedora 10 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.