Re: Dillo + Netsurf broken fonts (sparc64)

[David Brownlee <abs%absd.org@localhost>]

On Sat, 8 Nov 2025 at 19:41, vom513 <vom513%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
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> Hello all,
>
> I have been using NetBSD on sparc for several years now, and just recently got a sparc64 (“desktop”) machine - an Ultra60.
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> Everything in scope here is 10.1 + 2025Q3 pkgsrc.  I build my own packages.
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> On my sparc64 machines (headless v240, ultra60) - both Dillo and Netsurf(-gtk3) start up and display graphics, but all fonts are either blank or squares.
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> On sparc - Dillo works fine (I couldn’t get gtk3 to finish building on sparc so I can’t test Netsurf).
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> And this may be apples vs. oranges - but I ran the “xfe” file manager on the U60 and it looks fine - no font issues.
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> Here is what Dillo says on the U60:
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> [vom@ultra60 ~]$ paths: Cannot open file '/home/vom/.dillo/dillorc': No such file or directory
> paths: Using /usr/pkg/etc/dillo/dillorc
> paths: Cannot open file '/home/vom/.dillo/keysrc': No such file or directory
> paths: Using /usr/pkg/etc/dillo/keysrc
> paths: Cannot open file '/home/vom/.dillo/domainrc': No such file or directory
> paths: Using /usr/pkg/etc/dillo/domainrc
> Domain: Default accept.
> dillo_dns_init: Here we go! (threaded)
> TLS library: OpenSSL 3.0.12 24 Oct 2023
> Disabling cookies.
> paths: Cannot open file '/home/vom/.dillo/hsts_preload': No such file or directory
> paths: Cannot open file '/usr/pkg/etc/dillo/hsts_preload': No such file or directory
> paths: Using internal defaults...
> ** WARNING **: preferred sans-serif font "DejaVu Sans" not found.
> ** WARNING **: preferred serif font "DejaVu Serif" not found.
> ** WARNING **: preferred monospace font "DejaVu Sans Mono" not found.
> ** WARNING **: preferred cursive font "DejaVu Sans" not found.
> ** WARNING **: preferred fantasy font "DejaVu Sans" not found.
> Nav_open_url: new url='about:splash'
> Dillo: normal exit!
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> [1]+  Done                       dillo
> ——
>
> Netsurf complains about “swrast” support - but it throws no font related errors.
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> I can’t imagine these packages would have built if they didn’t have their deps. met.  Out of curiosity / paranoia - I manually laid down the xfont set on the U60 again and rebooted (no dice).
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> Is this a known issue ?

Just a thought to confirm whether this is app rather than X server
related - if you remote display the sparc64 dillo on sparc and vica
versa, does the issue stick with the client binary or X server?

David