Hello, everyone.
I have noticed strange thing happen on my system from time to time. That is, I haven't been able to trace it to any particular event.
In my urxvt I use Terminus font, which needs a couple of tweaks to be done to /usr/local/etc/fonts/conf.d/conf.avail/70-no-bitmaps.conf.
But the final thing is defining the fonts I want to use in .Xresources and .Xdefaults files (on my system the one is a link to the other). Here is the corresponding part of it:
Currently, as can be seen, I'm using the Unix-style font name there (URxvt*font: -xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*) and to make sure it works I have created /usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/fonts.conf file with font paths.
But one can also see the commented font reference "!URxvt*font: xft:xos4 Terminus-12". This is an alternative way to tell the apps about the fonts.
Now the funny thing I'm puzzled about is that sometimes Xorg "changes its mind" as to which of these notations it understands now. So far it has been working with the Unix style one. But then, for some unknown reason, it stops recognizing that and I can't launch my urxvt terminal until I comment this out and uncomment "URxvt*font: xft:xos4 Terminus-12".
Can anybody tell me WHY this may be happening? Because this is not visibly linked to any updates. Just one fine morning I switch on my computer, launch urxvt -- no reply... Funny, isn't it?
Needless to say, I never EVER touch anything related to fonts in X. Neither is one supposed to, I guess, as it all is now automatic.
I have noticed strange thing happen on my system from time to time. That is, I haven't been able to trace it to any particular event.
In my urxvt I use Terminus font, which needs a couple of tweaks to be done to /usr/local/etc/fonts/conf.d/conf.avail/70-no-bitmaps.conf.
But the final thing is defining the fonts I want to use in .Xresources and .Xdefaults files (on my system the one is a link to the other). Here is the corresponding part of it:
Code:
! Fonts
URxvt.allow_bold: true
!URxvt*font: xft:xos4 Terminus-12
URxvt*font: -xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
/*URxvt*font: xft:Monospace:pixelsize=14*/
/*URxvt*boldFont: xft:Monospace:pixelsize=14*/
But one can also see the commented font reference "!URxvt*font: xft:xos4 Terminus-12". This is an alternative way to tell the apps about the fonts.
Now the funny thing I'm puzzled about is that sometimes Xorg "changes its mind" as to which of these notations it understands now. So far it has been working with the Unix style one. But then, for some unknown reason, it stops recognizing that and I can't launch my urxvt terminal until I comment this out and uncomment "URxvt*font: xft:xos4 Terminus-12".
Can anybody tell me WHY this may be happening? Because this is not visibly linked to any updates. Just one fine morning I switch on my computer, launch urxvt -- no reply... Funny, isn't it?
Needless to say, I never EVER touch anything related to fonts in X. Neither is one supposed to, I guess, as it all is now automatic.