(additional info) Can't start gnome-terminal, fatal error

[Thomas Chadwick]

A couple of thoughts...

Have you verified that the remote host is actually running a font server?

Take a look at /tmp/XWin.log for error messages pertaining to the font path.

Try running a local xterm and entering "xset fp+ <remote font path>" instead 
of using the "-fp" command-line option.

>From: "Jonathan Primeau" <Jonathan@integrationnewmedia.com>
>Reply-To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
>To: <cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com>
>Subject: (additional info) Can't start gnome-terminal, fatal error
>Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 10:10:15 -0400
>
>I have more information related to my problem. I hope that this will
>make my problem more obvious...
>
>When I run gnome-terminal from a standard terminal I get:
>
>BEGIN OUTPUT
>------------
>
>** (gnome-terminal:161): WARNING **: Cannot load font for XLFD
>'-bitstream-courier-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
>
>(gnome-terminal:161): ZVT-WARNING **: Cannot get required fonts from
>"monospace13"
>
>(gnome-terminal:161): ZVT-WARNING **: Use
>"-*-*-*-*-*-*-13-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" XLFD fontname - some characters may not
>appear correctly
>
>(gnome-terminal:161): ZVT-WARNING **: Use "-*-*-*-*-*-*-0-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"
>XLFD fontname - some characters may not appear correctly
>
>(gnome-terminal:161): ZVT-CRITICAL **: file zvti18n.c: line 831:
>assertion `new_fontset != NULL' failed
>
>(gnome-terminal:161): ZVT-WARNING **: Failed to load any required font,
>so crash will occur..check X11 font pathes and etc/pangox.alias file
>
>** (gnome-terminal:161): WARNING **: Cannot load font for XLFD
>'-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--10-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
>
>** (gnome-terminal:161): WARNING **: Cannot load font for XLFD
>'-bitstream-courier-medium-r-normal--10-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
>
>(gnome-terminal:161): ZVT-WARNING **: Cannot get required fonts from
>"monospace10"
>
>(gnome-terminal:161): ZVT-WARNING **: Use
>"-*-*-*-*-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" XLFD fontname - some characters may not
>appear correctly
>
>(gnome-terminal:161): ZVT-WARNING **: Use "-*-*-*-*-*-*-0-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"
>XLFD fontname - some characters may not appear correctly
>
>(gnome-terminal:161): ZVT-CRITICAL **: file zvti18n.c: line 831:
>assertion `new_fontset != NULL' failed
>
>(gnome-terminal:161): ZVT-WARNING **: Failed to load any required font,
>so crash will occur..check X11 font pathes and etc/pangox.alias file
>
>** (gnome_segv:162): WARNING **: Cannot load font for XLFD
>'-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--10-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
>
>----------
>END OUTPUT
>
>I guess that the problem comes from "the missing fonts", it says: Failed
>to load any required font, so crash will occur..check X11 font pathes
>and etc/pangox.alias file.
>
>Is there any way I can fix that? By the way, I use the -fp option for
>Xwin (Font server).
>
>Regards,
>Jonathan Primeau

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