Cannot convert string "-*-lucida-medium-r-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1"

[Jon TURNEY]

Jeff Y wrote:
> Thanks for your reply.
> 
> I see two folders /usr/share/fonts/75dpi, /usr/share/fonts/100dpi on my PC. But I do not know if they are the two needed font packages or not, and how to use them to fix my issue.

See below.
If the font packages are not installed, install them.
Restart the X server.

> Please give some details. Thanks.
> 
> --- On Thu, 2/19/09, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) <yselkowitz@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> 
>> From: Yaakov (Cygwin/X) <yselkowitz@users.sourceforge.net>
>> Subject: Re: Cannot convert string "-*-lucida-medium-r-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1"
>> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
>> Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com
>> Date: Thursday, February 19, 2009, 12:27 PM
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>> Jeff Y wrote:
>>> I can not launch Oracle Installer from AIX by warning:
>>>  
>>> Warning: Cannot convert string
>> "-*-lucida-medium-r-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1" to
>> type FontStruct
>>> Exception in thread "main"
>>>  
>>> Is there a fix for this?
>>>  
>>> I check Cygwin FAQ. How can I know if packages
>> font-bh-dpi75 and font-bh-lucidatypewriter-dpi75 have been
>> installed on my PC? 

$ cygcheck -c -d | grep font-bh
font-bh-dpi75                  1.0.0-1
font-bh-lucidatypewriter-dpi75 1.0.0-1

>>
>> 1) http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTWLL
>>
>> 2)
>> http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-where-are-my-fonts
>>
>> 3) Cygwin/X questions belong on the cygwin-xfree list. 
>> Setting
>> Reply-To: accordingly.


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