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Mantoba

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Cannot find the package I need to stop xterm font error.

I notice that when I run xterm from another window, it loads xterm but complains

 xterm: cannot load font "-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso10646-1"

I added a few font packages to my system (none really desired) and the error remains.

Did I remove something I shouldn't have?  How can I get this font installed?

EDIT:
Ok, I found the following file `/usr/share/X11/app-defaults/XTerm` in which it lists, line 148:

*VT100.utf8Fonts.font:  -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso10646-1

So I must be missing a package if this is the default font used, right?  Where can I find this font?

Last edited by Mantoba (2024-01-28 22:01:55)

seth

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Re: Cannot find the package I need to stop xterm font error.

Just install any monospace font (or font packages in general)

fc-list :mono

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Mantoba

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Re: Cannot find the package I need to stop xterm font error.

Just install any monospace font (or font packages in general)

fc-list :mono

It lists a lot of files as per all the packages that have been installed.

/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courBO14.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Bold Oblique
/usr/share/fonts/gsfonts/NimbusMonoPS-BoldItalic.otf: Nimbus Mono PS:style=Bold Italic
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/lutRS19-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: B&H LucidaTypewriter:style=Sans
/usr/share/fonts/misc/ter-u22n.otb: Terminus:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/adobe-source-code-pro/SourceCodePro-BlackIt.otf: Source Code Pro,Source Code Pro Black:style=Black Italic,Italic
/usr/share/fonts/misc/ter-u20n.otb: Terminus:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/lutRS18-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: B&H LucidaTypewriter:style=Sans
/usr/share/fonts/misc/ter-u22b.otb: Terminus:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/misc/ter-u20b.otb: Terminus:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courBO24.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Bold Oblique
/usr/share/fonts/misc/ter-u24n.otb: Terminus:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/misc/ter-u32n.otb: Terminus:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/adobe-source-code-pro/SourceCodeVF-Upright.otf: SourceCodeVF:style=Semibold
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courR24.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/adobe-source-code-pro/SourceCodePro-LightIt.otf: Source Code Pro,Source Code Pro Light:style=Light Italic,Italic
/usr/share/fonts/misc/ter-u28n.otb: Terminus:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/misc/ter-u24b.otb: Terminus:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/adobe-source-code-pro/SourceCodeVF-Upright.otf: SourceCodeVF:style=Medium
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courO12.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Oblique
/usr/share/fonts/misc/ter-u18n.otb: Terminus:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/FiraCode-SemiBold.ttf: Fira Code,Fira Code SemiBold:style=SemiBold,Regular
/usr/share/fonts/misc/ter-u12n.otb: Terminus:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/adobe-source-code-pro/SourceCodeVF-Italic.otf: SourceCodeVF:style=Medium Italic
/usr/share/fonts/adobe-source-code-pro/SourceCodePro-Bold.otf: Source Code Pro:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/adobe-source-code-pro/SourceCodeVF-Upright.otf: SourceCodeVF
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courO14-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Oblique
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courO08-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Oblique
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courO10-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Oblique
/usr/share/fonts/misc/ter-u16n.otb: Terminus:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/lutRS08-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: B&H LucidaTypewriter:style=Sans
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/lutRS10-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: B&H LucidaTypewriter:style=Sans
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/lutRS14-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: B&H LucidaTypewriter:style=Sans
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/lutBS08.pcf.gz: B&H LucidaTypewriter:style=Sans Bold
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/lutBS10.pcf.gz: B&H LucidaTypewriter:style=Sans Bold
/usr/share/fonts/adobe-source-code-pro/SourceCodePro-Regular.otf: Source Code Pro:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/misc/ter-u14n.otb: Terminus:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courB24-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/adobe-source-code-pro/SourceCodeVF-Italic.otf: SourceCodeVF:style=Semibold Italic
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courO12-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Oblique
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/lutRS12-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: B&H LucidaTypewriter:style=Sans
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/lutBS18.pcf.gz: B&H LucidaTypewriter:style=Sans Bold
/usr/share/fonts/adobe-source-code-pro/SourceCodePro-Medium.otf: Source Code Pro,Source Code Pro Medium:style=Medium,Regular
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courB24.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courBO24-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Bold Oblique
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/lutRS18.pcf.gz: B&H LucidaTypewriter:style=Sans
/usr/share/fonts/adobe-source-code-pro/SourceCodeVF-Upright.otf: SourceCodeVF:style=Black
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courR14.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/misc/micro.pcf.gz: micro.pcf:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/adobe-source-code-pro/SourceCodePro-MediumIt.otf: Source Code Pro,Source Code Pro Medium:style=Medium Italic,Italic
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courR14-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courR08-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courR10-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courO18-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Oblique
/usr/share/fonts/adobe-source-code-pro/SourceCodeVF-Italic.otf: SourceCodeVF:style=Black Italic
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courR12-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courB14.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/lutRS08.pcf.gz: B&H LucidaTypewriter:style=Sans
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/lutRS10.pcf.gz: B&H LucidaTypewriter:style=Sans
/usr/share/fonts/adobe-source-code-pro/SourceCodeVF-Italic.otf: SourceCodeVF:style=Bold Italic
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSansMono.ttf: DejaVu Sans Mono:style=Book
/usr/share/fonts/adobe-source-code-pro/SourceCodePro-Light.otf: Source Code Pro,Source Code Pro Light:style=Light,Regular
/usr/share/fonts/adobe-source-code-pro/SourceCodeVF-Italic.otf: SourceCodeVF:style=Light Italic
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courO18.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Oblique
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/FiraCode-Retina.ttf: Fira Code,Fira Code Retina:style=Retina,Regular
/usr/share/fonts/gsfonts/NimbusMonoPS-Regular.otf: Nimbus Mono PS:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/FiraCode-Bold.ttf: Fira Code:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courBO12-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Bold Oblique
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courO08.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Oblique
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courO10.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Oblique
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courBO14-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Bold Oblique
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courBO08-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Bold Oblique
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courBO10-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Bold Oblique
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/lutBS12.pcf.gz: B&H LucidaTypewriter:style=Sans Bold
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courR18-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/lutBS24-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: B&H LucidaTypewriter:style=Sans Bold
/usr/share/fonts/adobe-source-code-pro/SourceCodeVF-Italic.otf: SourceCodeVF:style=Italic
/usr/share/fonts/adobe-source-code-pro/SourceCodePro-Black.otf: Source Code Pro,Source Code Pro Black:style=Black,Regular
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courBO18.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Bold Oblique
/usr/share/fonts/adobe-source-code-pro/SourceCodePro-ExtraLight.otf: Source Code Pro,Source Code Pro ExtraLight:style=ExtraLight,Regular
/usr/share/fonts/gsfonts/NimbusMonoPS-Bold.otf: Nimbus Mono PS:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courB12.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/lutRS12.pcf.gz: B&H LucidaTypewriter:style=Sans
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courBO08.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Bold Oblique
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courBO10.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Bold Oblique
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSansMono-Oblique.ttf: DejaVu Sans Mono:style=Oblique
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/FiraCode-Light.ttf: Fira Code,Fira Code Light:style=Light,Regular
/usr/share/fonts/adobe-source-code-pro/SourceCodeVF-Upright.otf: SourceCodeVF:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courBO18-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Bold Oblique
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/lutBS24.pcf.gz: B&H LucidaTypewriter:style=Sans Bold
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courO24-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Oblique
/usr/share/fonts/misc/deccurs.pcf.gz: deccurs.pcf:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/adobe-source-code-pro/SourceCodePro-BoldIt.otf: Source Code Pro:style=Bold Italic
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/lutBS12-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: B&H LucidaTypewriter:style=Sans Bold
/usr/share/fonts/adobe-source-code-pro/SourceCodePro-ExtraLightIt.otf: Source Code Pro,Source Code Pro ExtraLight:style=ExtraLight Italic,Italic
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/TerminusTTF-Bold.ttf: Terminus (TTF):style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/lutBS14.pcf.gz: B&H LucidaTypewriter:style=Sans Bold
/usr/share/fonts/misc/cursor.pcf.gz: cursor.pcf:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/adobe-source-code-pro/SourceCodeVF-Italic.otf: SourceCodeVF
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/FiraCode-Medium.ttf: Fira Code,Fira Code Medium:style=Medium,Regular
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courR18.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/lutBS14-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: B&H LucidaTypewriter:style=Sans Bold
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/lutBS08-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: B&H LucidaTypewriter:style=Sans Bold
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/lutBS10-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: B&H LucidaTypewriter:style=Sans Bold
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courR08.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courR10.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/adobe-source-code-pro/SourceCodeVF-Upright.otf: SourceCodeVF:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/gsfonts/NimbusMonoPS-Italic.otf: Nimbus Mono PS:style=Italic
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/FiraCode-Regular.ttf: Fira Code:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courB08.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courB10.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/lutRS14.pcf.gz: B&H LucidaTypewriter:style=Sans
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courBO12.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Bold Oblique
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courR24-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/lutBS18-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: B&H LucidaTypewriter:style=Sans Bold
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courB18.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/lutBS19-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: B&H LucidaTypewriter:style=Sans Bold
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/lutRS24.pcf.gz: B&H LucidaTypewriter:style=Sans
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/TerminusTTF-Bold-Italic.ttf: Terminus (TTF):style=Bold-Italic
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/lutBS19.pcf.gz: B&H LucidaTypewriter:style=Sans Bold
/usr/share/fonts/adobe-source-code-pro/SourceCodePro-SemiboldIt.otf: Source Code Pro,Source Code Pro Semibold:style=Semibold Italic,Italic
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/lutRS19.pcf.gz: B&H LucidaTypewriter:style=Sans
/usr/share/fonts/adobe-source-code-pro/SourceCodeVF-Upright.otf: SourceCodeVF:style=Light
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courO14.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Oblique
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/lutRS24-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: B&H LucidaTypewriter:style=Sans
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSansMono-Bold.ttf: DejaVu Sans Mono:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/misc/ter-u12b.otb: Terminus:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/misc/decsess.pcf.gz: decsess.pcf:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/adobe-source-code-pro/SourceCodePro-It.otf: Source Code Pro:style=Italic
/usr/share/fonts/misc/ter-u16b.otb: Terminus:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courO24.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Oblique
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courB08-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courB10-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courB14-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/misc/ter-u14b.otb: Terminus:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSansMono-BoldOblique.ttf: DejaVu Sans Mono:style=Bold Oblique
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/TerminusTTF-Italic.ttf: Terminus (TTF):style=Italic
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courB12-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/misc/ter-u18b.otb: Terminus:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/adobe-source-code-pro/SourceCodePro-Semibold.otf: Source Code Pro,Source Code Pro Semibold:style=Semibold,Regular
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courR12.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Regular
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/TerminusTTF.ttf: Terminus (TTF):style=Medium
/usr/share/fonts/misc/ter-u32b.otb: Terminus:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/courB18-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz: Adobe Courier:style=Bold
/usr/share/fonts/misc/ter-u28b.otb: Terminus:style=Bold

I'm not clear on how this tells me which package I need to install?

seth

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Re: Cannot find the package I need to stop xterm font error.

None.
For clarification, you're only concerned about the message, there's no disfunction (since you've plenty of fonts installed)?
Otherwise:

xterm -fa "Source Code Pro-9"

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xterm#Fonts
The bitmap font is part of xorg-fonts-misc

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Mantoba

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Re: Cannot find the package I need to stop xterm font error.

I'm trying to find the packages for the default font.  I don't know why I can't get a package name.  Does this font not exist?  And if it doesn't, why is it the default listed?

I'm pretty sure I'm missing a package.  Does anybody know which package contains the default font of ISO10646?

seth

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Re: Cannot find the package I need to stop xterm font error.

I don't know why I can't get a package name.

The bitmap font is part of xorg-fonts-misc

Edit: and you're not missing anything without it.

Last edited by seth (2024-01-29 07:42:15)

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Re: Cannot find the package I need to stop xterm font error.

@OP: try

# pacman -Syu xorg-mkfontscale
# mkfontscale /usr/share/fonts/misc

EDIT: I am presuming xorg-fonts-misc is installed.

Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2024-01-29 19:30:04)

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