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Re: Xterm font resizing broken and input problems in xorg-server 1.5.3-7


On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 01:10:09PM -0400, Alex Epshteyn wrote:
>I realized that there are some startup errors I wasn't seeing by using
>the windows shortcut.  Here's what starting xterm on the command line
>prints out:
>
>xterm -display 127.0.0.1:0.0 -ls
>Warning: Cannot convert string
>"-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*" to type
>FontStruct
>Warning: Cannot convert string "nil2" to type FontStruct
>xterm: cannot load font 10x20
>
>I also realized, after some more Googling, that the fonts packages are
>no longer included in the distro the same way as before.  I'm trying
>to fix the problem by installing all the font-* packages now.  Will
>let you know if that worked.

The other thing to keep in mind is that while Google is a great resource
it isn't a substitute for going to the project web site and reading the
documentation/FAQ.  So, give the resources at  http://x.cygwin.com/ a try.

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