In "Problems with fonts on the X server.", David Gilbert
<dgilbert@jaywon.pci.on.ca> wrote: 
> I'm having problems with the Xserver finding standard fonts.
> I'm using pretty much a standard 1.1 distribution.  The Xserver stuff
> was from the netbsd server, too.  I have installed all four X11R6 tar
> files --- including fonts and morefonts... but I get messages like the
> following:
> 
> Warning: Cannot convert string "*-new century schoolbook-medium-r-normal-*-180-*" to type FontStruct
> Warning: Cannot convert string "*-new century schoolbook-bold-r-normal-*-180-*" to type FontStruct
> Warning: Cannot convert string "*-new century schoolbook-bold-i-normal-*-240-*" to type FontStruct

Are you passing the font dirs to the X server with the -fp flag?  Or
alternately, did you use...mkfontdir or whatever that funky X
program is?

The warning sound slike the server just can't find the requested font.

    Scott
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