When I try to start Xft enabled xemacs (cvs pull from this morning), I get the following error: (1) (initialization/error) An error has occurred while loading /home/sdague/.xemacs/init.elc: Wrong type argument: stringp, #<font-instance "monospace-12" on #<x-device on ":0.0" 0x23f0c> xft font: 0x85a52f0 0x27a8e> Backtrace follows: fc-font-real-pattern(#<font-instance "monospace-12" on #<x-device on ":0.0" 0x23f0c> xft font: 0x85a52f0 0x27a8e> #<x-device on ":0.0" 0x23f0c>) # bind (device font) x-make-font-bold-xft(#<font-instance "monospace-12" on #<x-device on ":0.0" 0x23f0c> xft font: 0x85a52f0 0x27a8e> nil) # bind (device font) x-make-font-bold(#<font-instance "monospace-12" on #<x-device on ":0.0" 0x23f0c> xft font: 0x85a52f0 0x27a8e>) (let ((bfont (x-make-font-bold (face-font-instance (quote default)))) (mono-tag (list (quote x) (quote mono))) (gray-tag (list (quote x) (quote grayscale)))) (if bfont (progn (set-face-font (quote diary-face) bfont (quote global) mono-tag) (set-face-font (quote diary-face) bfont (quote global) gray-tag)))) (if (and (not noninteractive) (fboundp (quote x-make-font-bold))) (let ((bfont (x-make-font-bold (face-font-instance (quote default)))) (mono-tag (list (quote x) (quote mono))) (gray-tag (list (quote x) (quote grayscale)))) (if bfont (progn (set-face-font (quote diary-face) bfont (quote global) mono-tag) (set-face-font (quote diary-face) bfont (quote global) gray-tag))))) (cond ((face-differs-from-default-p (quote diary-face)) nil) (t (set-face-foreground (quote diary-face) "red" (quote global) (quote (x color))) (set-face-highlight-p (quote diary-face) t (quote global) (quote tty)) (if (and (not noninteractive) (fboundp (quote x-make-font-bold))) (let ((bfont (x-make-font-bold (face-font-instance (quote default)))) (mono-tag (list (quote x) (quote mono))) (gray-tag (list (quote x) (quote grayscale)))) (if bfont (progn (set-face-font (quote diary-face) bfont (quote global) mono-tag) (set-face-font (quote diary-face) bfont (quote global) gray-tag))))))) (progn (make-face (quote diary-face)) (cond ((face-differs-from-default-p (quote diary-face)) nil) (t (set-face-foreground (quote diary-face) "red" (quote global) (quote (x color))) (set-face-highlight-p (quote diary-face) t (quote global) (quote tty)) (if (and (not noninteractive) (fboundp (quote x-make-font-bold))) (let ((bfont (x-make-font-bold (face-font-instance (quote default)))) (mono-tag (list (quote x) (quote mono))) (gray-tag (list (quote x) (quote grayscale)))) (if bfont (progn (set-face-font (quote diary-face) bfont (quote global) mono-tag) (set-face-font (quote diary-face) bfont (quote global) gray-tag))))))) (quote diary-face)) eval((progn (make-face (quote diary-face)) (cond ((face-differs-from-default-p (quote diary-face)) nil) (t (set-face-foreground (quote diary-face) "red" (quote global) (quote (x color))) (set-face-highlight-p (quote diary-face) t (quote global) (quote tty)) (if (and (not noninteractive) (fboundp (quote x-make-font-bold))) (let ((bfont (x-make-font-bold (face-font-instance (quote default)))) (mono-tag (list (quote x) (quote mono))) (gray-tag (list (quote x) (quote grayscale)))) (if bfont (progn (set-face-font (quote diary-face) bfont (quote global) mono-tag) (set-face-font (quote diary-face) bfont (quote global) gray-tag))))))) (quote diary-face))) # bind (value symbol) custom-initialize-reset(diary-entry-marker (progn (make-face (quote diary-face)) (cond ((face-differs-from-default-p (quote diary-face)) nil) (t (set-face-foreground (quote diary-face) "red" (quote global) (quote (x color))) (set-face-highlight-p (quote diary-face) t (quote global) (quote tty)) (if (and (not noninteractive) (fboundp (quote x-make-font-bold))) (let ((bfont (x-make-font-bold (face-font-instance (quote default)))) (mono-tag (list (quote x) (quote mono))) (gray-tag (list (quote x) (quote grayscale)))) (if bfont (progn (set-face-font (quote diary-face) bfont (quote global) mono-tag) (set-face-font (quote diary-face) bfont (quote global) gray-tag))))))) (quote diary-face))) # bind (initialize requests args doc default symbol) custom-declare-variable(diary-entry-marker (progn (make-face (quote diary-face)) (cond ((face-differs-from-default-p (quote diary-face)) nil) (t (set-face-foreground (quote diary-face) "red" (quote global) (quote (x color))) (set-face-highlight-p (quote diary-face) t (quote global) (quote tty)) (if (and (not noninteractive) (fboundp (quote x-make-font-bold))) (let ((bfont (x-make-font-bold (face-font-instance (quote default)))) (mono-tag (list (quote x) (quote mono))) (gray-tag (list (quote x) (quote grayscale)))) (if bfont (progn (set-face-font (quote diary-face) bfont (quote global) mono-tag) (set-face-font (quote diary-face) bfont (quote global) gray-tag))))))) (quote diary-face)) "*How to mark dates that have diary entries.\nThe value can be either a single-character string or a face.":type (choice string face) :group diary) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) (load-internal "[internal]") load-internal("calendar" nil require nil binary) # bind (path handler filename nosuffix nomessage noerror file) load("calendar" nil require nil) # (unwind-protect ...) require(calendar) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) (load-internal "[internal]") load-internal("planner" nil require nil binary) # bind (path handler filename nosuffix nomessage noerror file) load("planner" nil require nil) # (unwind-protect ...) require(planner) byte-code("..." [global-mode-string emacs-version load-path current-load-list put narrow-to-region disabled nil running-xemacs default-boundp set-default string-match "XEmacs\\|Lucid" expand-file-name "~/elisp" "/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp" add-to-list "~/xemacs-el/emacs-wiki-2.70" "~/xemacs-el/planner-el-3.30" "~/xemacs-el/remember-el-1.6" require planner planner-option-customized planner-directory "~/plans" planner-publishing-directory "~/public_html/plans" set-face-font default "Arial-18" prepend diary-face emacs-wiki-menu] 6) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) # (unwind-protect ...) (load-internal "[internal]") load-internal("/home/sdague/.xemacs/init.elc" t t t binary) # bind (path handler filename nosuffix nomessage noerror file) load("/home/sdague/.xemacs/init.elc" t t t) load-user-init-file() #<compiled-function nil "...(10)" [init-file-had-error load-user-init-file-p load-user-init-file nil] 2>() # (unwind-protect ...) call-with-condition-handler(#<compiled-function (__load_init_file_arg__) "...(26)" [init-file-had-error user-init-file __load_init_file_arg__ errstr error-message-string message "Error in init file: %s" lwarn initialization error "An error has occurred while loading %s:\n\n%s\n\nBacktrace follows:\n\n%s\n\nTo ensure normal operation, you should investigate the cause of the error\nin your initialization file and remove it. Use the `-debug-init' option\nto XEmacs to enter the debugger when the error occurs and investigate the\nexact problem." backtrace-in-condition-handler-eliminating-handler t] 8> #<compiled-function nil "...(10)" [init-file-had-error load-user-init-file-p load-user-init-file nil] 2>) # (condition-case ... . ((error))) # bind (debug-on-error debug-on-error-from-init-file debug-on-error-should-be-set debug-on-error-initial) load-init-file() # bind (command-line-args-left) command-line()‡" [error-data data nil] 1)))) # bind (error-data) normal-top-level() # (condition-case ... . error) # (catch top-level ...) To ensure normal operation, you should investigate the cause of the error in your initialization file and remove it. Use the `-debug-init' option to XEmacs to enter the debugger when the error occurs and investigate the exact problem. .......................................... -debug-init doesn't do anything useful for me. If I then manually evaluate init.el, and custom.el, everything is fine, and my fonts are all nicely antialiased. However it would be nice if I didn't have this manual start step each time. Any pointers as to configuration I could change to get rid of this is would be great. I'm on Mandriva Linux 2006, latest cvs of xemacs. -Sean -- __________________________________________________________________ Sean Dague Mid-Hudson Valley sean at dague dot net Linux Users Group http://dague.net http://mhvlug.org There is no silver bullet. Plus, werewolves make better neighbors than zombies, and they tend to keep the vampire population down. __________________________________________________________________