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Description of problem: The most recent update to gv causes it to issue warnings when its run. it seems to work ok though. linux> gv <any postscript file> Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion Warning: Cannot convert string "-efont-biwidth-medium-r-normal--16-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1,-gnu-unifont-medium-r-normal--16-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1,-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,-jis-fixed-medium-r-*--16-*-*-*-*-*-jisx0208.1983-0,-*-*-medium-r-*--16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,*" to type FontSet Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion Warning: Unable to load any usable fontset Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion Warning: Unable to load any usable fontset Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gv-3.7.1-1.fc12.x86_64 How reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. run gv on any or no file 2. 3. Actual results: Warning messages appear. File is displayed. Expected results: No warning messages. File is displayed. Additional info: This was already mentioned in BZ #600926, but that was closed as duplicate because it was not the main bug reported.
I think this is due to the lack of an encodings.dir file - bug #634039
Edward: Very many thanks. The problem was in one of our local font directories. Your mkfontdir command in bug #634039 fixed it nicely. Closing this report.