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Revelation60

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[Solved]urxvt: unable to load base fontset

I am trying to configure a font in urxvt, using

urxvt*font:     -*-terminus-medium-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

but I get the error:

unable to load base fontset, please specify a valid one using -fn.

The following works:

 urxvt*font:     xft:Terminus

But my laptop is too slow to handle xft fonts. I have this issue on all three of my computers, and I really don't know what to try anymore. I have tried running fc-cache -vf, but that didn't help.

Last edited by Revelation60 (2010-12-30 16:28:50)

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karol

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Re: [Solved]urxvt: unable to load base fontset

xset +fp /usr/share/fonts/local

and try

urxvt*font:     -*-terminus-medium-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

again. Works for me :-)
You need to add 'xset +fp /usr/share/fonts/local' to your .xinitrc or add that fontpath to xorg.conf.

Edit: I'm not sure if it makes a difference, but you can try disabling antialias:

urxvt.font:             xft:terminus:antialias=false:pixelsize=12

Last edited by karol (2010-12-30 13:27:24)

Revelation60

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Re: [Solved]urxvt: unable to load base fontset

It worked Thanks!

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