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Bug#1022942: xterm: cannot load font "-*-terminus-*-*-*-32-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"

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On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 03:49:52AM -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 08:51:50AM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote:
> > Package: xterm
> > Version: 375-1
> > Severity: important
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > after upgrading from xterm 374-1 to 375-1 I get:
> > 
> > $ xterm
> > xterm: cannot load font "-*-terminus-*-*-*-32-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"
> > Segmentation fault
> > 
> > I guess this local setting is relevant:
> > 
> > $ grep font /etc/X11/Xresources/xterm  | grep -v ^!
> > *VT100.utf8Fonts.font: fixed
> > XTerm.VT100.font1: -*-terminus-*-*-*-16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
> > XTerm.VT100.font2: -*-terminus-*-*-*-18-*-*-*-*-*-*-*                          
> > XTerm.VT100.font3: -*-terminus-*-*-*-20-*-*-*-*-*-*-*                          
> > XTerm.VT100.font4: -*-terminus-*-*-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
> > XTerm.VT100.font5: -*-terminus-*-*-*-28-*-*-*-*-*-*-*                          
> > XTerm.VT100.font6: -*-terminus-*-*-*-32-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

for the record, xfonts-terminus includes all of these sizes.

> > here.  If I uncomment these settings xterm starts.  However, I think xterm should not
> 
> Is that "uncomment", or "comment"?
> 
> (the grep seems to indicate that the latter is meant)
> 
> > crash with segmentation fault when not finding some specified font.
> 
> agreed -

I've not been able to reproduce the problem, which I suspect is in
the error-recovery section of xterm's xtermLoadFont function.

Perhaps seeing the whole set of resources would help
(the output of "xrdb -query", too).

-- 
Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
https://invisible-island.net
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Bug#1022942: xterm: cannot load font "-*-terminus-*-*-*-32-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org> - 2022-10-28 09:00 +0200
  Bug#1022942: xterm: cannot load font "-*-terminus-*-*-*-32-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" Thomas Dickey <dickey@his.com> - 2022-10-28 10:10 +0200
    Bug#1022942: xterm: cannot load font "-*-terminus-*-*-*-32-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" Thomas Dickey <dickey@his.com> - 2022-10-30 22:10 +0100
      Bug#1022942: xterm: cannot load font "-*-terminus-*-*-*-32-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" Andreas Tille <andreas@an3as.eu> - 2022-11-01 09:30 +0100
        Bug#1022942: xterm: cannot load font "-*-terminus-*-*-*-32-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" Thomas Dickey <dickey@his.com> - 2022-11-07 02:10 +0100
          Bug#1022942: xterm: cannot load font "-*-terminus-*-*-*-32-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" Andreas Tille <andreas@an3as.eu> - 2022-11-12 15:30 +0100
  Bug#1022942: xterm: cannot load font "-*-terminus-*-*-*-32-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org> - 2022-11-14 18:30 +0100
  Bug#1022942: xterm: cannot load font "-*-terminus-*-*-*-32-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" Andreas Tille <andreas@an3as.eu> - 2022-11-15 09:20 +0100
  Bug#1022942: xterm: cannot load font "-*-terminus-*-*-*-32-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" Andreas Tille <andreas@an3as.eu> - 2022-11-16 10:00 +0100
  Bug#1022942: xterm: cannot load font "-*-terminus-*-*-*-32-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" Andreas Tille <andreas@fam-tille.de> - 2022-11-17 06:40 +0100

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