From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: rahed Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: missing fonts? Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 10:24:25 +0200 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1187252723 29506 80.91.229.12 (16 Aug 2007 08:25:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 08:25:23 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 16 10:25:22 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1ILafO-0004s6-6b for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 16 Aug 2007 10:25:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ILafN-0001hx-Em for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 16 Aug 2007 04:25:17 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ILaew-0001eP-0f for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Aug 2007 04:24:50 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ILaeu-0001dv-NQ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Aug 2007 04:24:49 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ILaeu-0001dq-Fb for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Aug 2007 04:24:48 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ILaeu-0001kX-4j for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Aug 2007 04:24:48 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1ILael-0007Gy-1B for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Aug 2007 10:24:39 +0200 Original-Received: from 80.188.171.52 ([80.188.171.52]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 16 Aug 2007 10:24:39 +0200 Original-Received: from raherh by 80.188.171.52 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 16 Aug 2007 10:24:39 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 30 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 80.188.171.52 User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:93LVcNLwvdczQKZJr7ocZ4EJSvs= X-Detected-Kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:46599 Archived-At: Peter Dyballa writes: > Launch GNU Emacs with --debug-init to get a clearer information of > what failed in *Backtrace* buffer. There is no *Backtrace* buffer after launching Emacs in a debugging mode. Only *Scratch* and *Messages*. > Coud be Solaris is not providing some fonts because > either some package was not installed or you are using a faulty X11 > font path value. 'xset q' will print its value. Then check whether > there are more directories that contain usable fonts (for example the > Lucida fonts in Java!). Prepare these directories with mkfontdir/ > mkfontscale, add these directories to your font path (~/.xinitrc is > good place) and either relaunch X11 or correct font path in some > shell and run 'xset fp rehash'. Then see again what GNU Emacs is > telling you. I checked font paths with another boxes which run Emacs smoothly and see no differences. > Check also which packages you haven't installed yet. I hope I installed all as recommended at sunfreeware. Which package should be checked regarding this error? Thanks. -- Radek