>  cannot load font `-misc-fixed-medium-*-normal-*-15-0-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1'
> 
> xlsfonts showed a fitting font, though:
> -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--0-0-75-75-c-0-iso8859-1

It's been a while since I've worked much with X fonts, but I don't think
those two fonts are compatible--the second value after "normal" (pixel
size) is 15 in xarchon's font and 0 in the xlsfonts-listed font.  Does
0 mean scalable?

Are those really compatible?

-allen