Re: emacs won't start unless I speciffy font

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On 08/22/2011 12:51 PM, Martín Marqués wrote:
> 2011/8/22 Andrew Haley <aph@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>> On 08/22/2011 12:57 AM, Martín Marqués wrote:
>>> I'm trying to start emacs on a fresh F15 install and I get this:
>>>
>>>
>>> $ emacs
>>> Font `8x13' is not defined
>>>
>>> The only posible thing I found is to use --font to specify another font.
>>>
>>> Any ideas on why this happens?
>>
>> You're probably missing the xorg-x11-fonts-misc package
> 
> Thanks alot Andrew!! That fixed it!
> 
> One thought: Why isn't xorg-x11-fonts-misc a requirement for emacs, as
> it doesn't start without it?

It probably should be.  I suspect that no-one ever expected us to ship
X without the basic fonts.

> Also, the emacs error was quite cryptical. WTF is "Font '8x13' "?

That's your default font...

Do you have a .emacs file?

Andrew.
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