Re: font != NULL problem

[Owen Taylor <otaylor gtk org>]

soul <soul@altern.com> writes:

> I am trying to install gtk+-0.99.10 on my RedHat 4.0 box.
> 
> ./configure
> make all
> make install
> 
> everything is OK
> 
> But when I test, things goes wrong ..
> 
> root : atlas : /temp $ ./testselection
> 
> ** WARNING **: file gdkfont.c: line 114 (gdk_font_ref): "font != NULL"

[ etc. ]

This means that the default font is not being found on your system.

The default GTK font is
 
  -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*

[ That probably should be changed to 

  -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1

  but that only restricts the choice of fonts further, so isn't
  your problem
]

You can test this out independent of GTK, by trying the command:

  xfd -fn -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*

Since this is a quite standard font, its absence on your system
might indicate a problem with the font path in your XF86Config.

Regards,
                                        Owen