Re: build failure on Ubuntu 12.04.1

Charles - On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 6:08 PM, Charles Waldman <cgw(a)alum.mit.edu&gt; wrote: Did you configure --with-xft? I think xft would be required for XEmacs to understand a font spec like "Helvetica" or "Mono-8". Otherwise, you'll have to refer to X fonts. What does xlsfonts -fn "-*-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*" report? That's the font that XEmacs is looking for, perhaps from X resources. Here are all the references to helvetica in the source tree: find . -type f | xargs grep -i helvetica ./nt/Emacs.ad.h:(String) "*menubar*Font: -*-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*", ./nt/Emacs.ad.h:(String) "*popup*Font: -*-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*", ./nt/Emacs.ad.h:(String) "*XmDialogShell*FontList: -*-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*", ./nt/Emacs.ad.h:(String) "*Dialog*Font: -*-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-*-140-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*", ./lwlib/xlwmenu.c: XtRString, (XtPointer) "-*-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1"), ./lwlib/xlwmenu.c: "Helvetica-12:bold"), ./lwlib/xlwtabs.h: xftFont XftFont String Helvetica-12 *8 ./lwlib/xlwtabs.c: /* #### Maybe use "-*-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1" here? ./lwlib/xlwtabs.c: xftFontName, XtRString, "Helvetica-12"), ./tests/gtk/gtk-test.el: (make-font :family '("LucidaBright" "Utopia" "Helvetica" "fixed") ./etc/sample.Xresources:! *menubar*FontSet: -*-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-* ./etc/sample.Xresources:*menubar*Font: -*-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-* ./etc/sample.Xresources:*popup*Font: -*-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-* ./etc/sample.Xresources:*menubar*FontSet: -*-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*, \ ./etc/sample.Xresources:*popup*FontSet: -*-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*, \ ./etc/sample.Xresources:XEmacs*XmDialogShell*FontList: -*-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-* ./etc/sample.Xresources:XEmacs*Dialog*Font: -*-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-*-140-*-*-*-*-iso8859-* ./etc/Emacs.ad:! *menubar*FontSet: -*-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*, \ ./etc/Emacs.ad:*menubar*Font: -*-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-* ./etc/Emacs.ad:*popup*Font: -*-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-* ./etc/Emacs.ad:*menubar*FontSet: -*-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*, \ ./etc/Emacs.ad:*popup*FontSet: -*-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*, \ ./etc/Emacs.ad:Emacs.gui-element.attributeFont: -*-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-* ./etc/Emacs.ad:*XmDialogShell*FontList: -*-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-* ./etc/Emacs.ad:*Dialog*Font: -*-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-*-140-*-*-*-*-iso8859-* ./man/xemacs/custom.texi:*menubar*FontSet: -*-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*, \ ./src/balloon-x.c: font = open_font (dpy, "-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-*"); ./lisp/font.el: "helvetica" ./lisp/font.el: "helvetica" Since the fontspec says "bold", I don't think XEmacs is looking for the default font - it's probably looking for a font for a menu or perhaps a pointer. See above. What does xlsfonts -fn Mono-8 tell you? In order to isolate your Xresources, try this: ./src/xemacs -q -name Foo Regards, Vin _______________________________________________ XEmacs-Beta mailing list XEmacs-Beta(a)xemacs.org http://lists.xemacs.org/mailman/listinfo/xemacs-beta