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Hi friends,
I am using mageia4. I tried to install xboard, a chess frontend. Installation was successful. But when i tried to start the program, i am getting this error message

Unable to create font set for -*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,-*-*-*-*-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*.

I googled the problem. What i am getting some bug reports on savannah.org during the year 2011.
Can anyone help me?
Thanking you,

Yours Sreekumar

how did you installed it?

I simply tried

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urpmi xboard

and the program is running here.

edit: please note, you need to have the tainted repo activated

Thank You,
Yes, i had my tainted repo activated. I installed using mageia control centre only.

And that error message shows up when starting xboard from a terminal, and xboard doesn't even start at all?

Please show the output of

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rpm -qa | grep -i font | sort

doktor5000 wrote:And that error message shows up when starting xboard from a terminal, and xboard doesn't even start at all?

Please show the output of

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rpm -qa | grep -i font | sort

Xboard was not starting from menu. And i tried from console and got the above error.
The output

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rpm -qa | grep -i font | sort

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abattis-cantarell-fonts-0.0.15-3.mga4
font-tools-0.1-24.mga4
fontconfig-2.11.0-2.mga4
fontpackages-filesystem-1.44-8.mga4
fonts-bitmap-tscii-1.1-13.mga4
fonts-dejavu-common-2.34-2.mga4
fonts-ttf-arabic-arabeyes-2.0-8.mga4
fonts-ttf-arabic-farsi-0.4-12.mga4
fonts-ttf-arabic-kacst-2.0-5.mga4
fonts-ttf-armenian-1.1-22.mga4
fonts-ttf-bengali-0.5-10.mga4
fonts-ttf-bitstream-vera-1.10-13.mga4
fonts-ttf-chinese-0.2.20080216.1-9.mga4
fonts-ttf-chinese-opendesktop-1.6.100-4.mga4
fonts-ttf-decoratives-1.4-3.mga4
fonts-ttf-default-zh_CN-0.2.0-8.mga4
fonts-ttf-default-zh_TW-1.6.100-4.mga4
fonts-ttf-dejavu-2.34-2.mga4
fonts-ttf-ethiopic-1.0-12.mga4
fonts-ttf-japanese-0.20121001-3.mga4
fonts-ttf-kannada-1.0-9.mga4
fonts-ttf-korean-1.0.2-0.080608.5.mga4
fonts-ttf-liberation-2.00.1-2.mga4
fonts-ttf-lohit-2.3.8-5.mga4
fonts-ttf-malayalam-1.0-6.mga4
fonts-ttf-tamil-1.1-13.mga4
fonts-ttf-thai-0.4.17-2.mga4
fonts-ttf-tibetan-ttmuni-1.901b-6.mga4
fonts-ttf-tifinagh-1.0-9.mga4
fonts-ttf-tscii-1.1-13.mga4
fonts-ttf-unifont-6.3.20131006-2.mga4
fonts-ttf-west_european-1.4-3.mga4
fonts-ttf-wqy-microhei-0.2.0-8.mga4
fonts-type1-greek-2.0-11.mga4
fonts-type1-hebrew-0.130-2.mga4
ghostscript-fonts-8.11-17.mga4
gnu-free-fonts-common-20120503-5.mga4
gnu-free-fonts-compat-20120503-5.mga4
gnu-free-mono-fonts-20120503-5.mga4
gnu-free-sans-fonts-20120503-5.mga4
gnu-free-serif-fonts-20120503-5.mga4
google-crosextra-caladea-fonts-1.002-0.2.20130214.2.mga4
google-crosextra-carlito-fonts-1.103-0.1.20130920.2.mga4
google-noto-sans-telugu-fonts-20130807-1.mga4
libfontconfig-gir2.0-1.38.0-2.mga4
libfontconfig1-2.11.0-2.mga4
libfontenc1-1.1.2-2.mga4
libkfontinst4-4.11.4-1.mga4
libkfontinstui4-4.11.4-1.mga4
libreoffice-opensymbol-fonts-4.1.3.2-4.mga4
libxfont1-1.4.7-1.1.mga4
mkfontdir-1.0.7-3.mga4
mkfontscale-1.1.1-2.mga4
perl-Font-AFM-1.200.0-3.mga4
urw-fonts-2.4-4.mga4
x11-font-adobe-75dpi-1.0.3-3.mga4
x11-font-alias-1.0.3-4.mga4
x11-font-bh-75dpi-1.0.3-3.mga4
x11-font-bh-lucidatypewriter-75dpi-1.0.3-3.mga4
x11-font-bh-type1-1.0.3-4.mga4.nonfree
x11-font-bitstream-75dpi-1.0.3-3.mga4
x11-font-cronyx-cyrillic-1.0.3-3.mga4
x11-font-cursor-misc-1.0.3-3.mga4
x11-font-cyrillic-1.0.0-10.mga4
x11-font-daewoo-misc-1.0.3-3.mga4
x11-font-encodings-1.0.4-3.mga4
x11-font-isas-misc-1.0.3-3.mga4
x11-font-jis-misc-1.0.3-3.mga4
x11-font-misc-cyrillic-1.0.3-3.mga4
x11-font-misc-ethiopic-1.0.3-3.mga4
x11-font-misc-misc-1.1.2-3.mga4
x11-font-screen-cyrillic-1.0.4-3.mga4
x11-font-winitzki-cyrillic-1.0.3-3.mga4
xorg-x11-75dpi-fonts-7.7-4.mga4

I can confirm sreekumar's issue on Cauldron:

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[akien@cauldron ~]$ xboard
Unable to create font set for -*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,-*-*-*-*-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*.

Here are the fonts I have installed:

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[akien@cauldron ~]$ rpm -qa | grep -i font | sort
abattis-cantarell-fonts-0.0.15-3.mga4
fontconfig-2.11.1-1.mga5
fontconfig-debuginfo-2.11.1-1.mga5
fontpackages-filesystem-1.44-8.mga4
fonts-bitmap-tscii-1.1-13.mga4
fonts-dejavu-common-2.34-2.mga4
fonts-ttf-arabic-arabeyes-2.0-8.mga4
fonts-ttf-arabic-farsi-0.4-12.mga4
fonts-ttf-arabic-kacst-2.0-5.mga4
fonts-ttf-armenian-1.1-22.mga4
fonts-ttf-bengali-0.5-10.mga4
fonts-ttf-bitstream-vera-1.10-13.mga4
fonts-ttf-chinese-0.2.20080216.1-9.mga4
fonts-ttf-chinese-opendesktop-1.6.100-4.mga4
fonts-ttf-decoratives-1.4-3.mga4
fonts-ttf-default-zh_CN-0.2.0-8.mga4
fonts-ttf-default-zh_TW-1.6.100-4.mga4
fonts-ttf-dejavu-2.34-2.mga4
fonts-ttf-ethiopic-1.0-12.mga4
fonts-ttf-japanese-0.20121001-3.mga4
fonts-ttf-kannada-1.0-9.mga4
fonts-ttf-korean-1.0.2-0.080608.5.mga4
fonts-ttf-liberation-2.00.1-2.mga4
fonts-ttf-lohit-2.3.8-5.mga4
fonts-ttf-malayalam-1.0-6.mga4
fonts-ttf-tamil-1.1-13.mga4
fonts-ttf-thai-0.4.17-2.mga4
fonts-ttf-tibetan-ttmuni-1.901b-6.mga4
fonts-ttf-tifinagh-1.0-9.mga4
fonts-ttf-tscii-1.1-13.mga4
fonts-ttf-unifont-6.3.20131006-2.mga4
fonts-ttf-west_european-1.4-3.mga4
fonts-ttf-wqy-microhei-0.2.0-8.mga4
fonts-type1-greek-2.0-11.mga4
fonts-type1-hebrew-0.130-2.mga4
font-tools-0.1-24.mga4
fonttosfnt-1.0.4-7.mga4
fslsfonts-1.0.4-3.mga4
ghostscript-fonts-8.11-17.mga4
gnu-free-fonts-common-20120503-5.mga4
gnu-free-mono-fonts-20120503-5.mga4
gnu-free-sans-fonts-20120503-5.mga4
gnu-free-serif-fonts-20120503-5.mga4
google-crosextra-caladea-fonts-1.002-0.2.20130214.2.mga4
google-crosextra-carlito-fonts-1.103-0.1.20130920.2.mga4
lib64fontconfig1-2.11.1-1.mga5
lib64fontconfig-devel-2.11.1-1.mga5
lib64fontconfig-gir2.0-1.41.4-1.mga5
lib64fontenc1-1.1.2-2.mga4
lib64kfontinst4-4.11.11-2.mga5
lib64kfontinstui4-4.11.11-2.mga5
lib64xfont1-1.5.0-1.mga5
libfontconfig1-2.11.1-1.mga5
libreoffice-opensymbol-fonts-4.2.4.2-6.mga5
mkfontdir-1.0.7-3.mga4
mkfontscale-1.1.1-2.mga4
perl-Font-AFM-1.200.0-3.mga4
showfont-1.0.4-2.mga4
texlive-fontsextra-20130530-4.mga4
urw-fonts-2.4-4.mga4
x11-font-adobe-100dpi-1.0.3-3.mga4
x11-font-adobe-75dpi-1.0.3-3.mga4
x11-font-alias-1.0.3-4.mga4
x11-font-bh-75dpi-1.0.3-3.mga4
x11-font-bh-lucidatypewriter-75dpi-1.0.3-3.mga4
x11-font-bh-type1-1.0.3-4.mga4.nonfree
x11-font-bitstream-75dpi-1.0.3-3.mga4
x11-font-cronyx-cyrillic-1.0.3-3.mga4
x11-font-cursor-misc-1.0.3-3.mga4
x11-font-cyrillic-1.0.0-10.mga4
x11-font-daewoo-misc-1.0.3-3.mga4
x11-font-encodings-1.0.4-3.mga4
x11-font-isas-misc-1.0.3-3.mga4
x11-font-jis-misc-1.0.3-3.mga4
x11-font-misc-cyrillic-1.0.3-3.mga4
x11-font-misc-ethiopic-1.0.3-3.mga4
x11-font-misc-misc-1.1.2-3.mga4
x11-font-screen-cyrillic-1.0.4-3.mga4
x11-font-util-1.3.0-3.mga4
x11-font-winitzki-cyrillic-1.0.3-3.mga4
xlsfonts-1.0.4-3.mga4
xorg-x11-75dpi-fonts-7.7-4.mga4

@Latte: Could you also post the list of your font packages using doktor5000's command, for comparison purposes?

@sreekumar: Could you open a bug report on bugs.mageia.org against the xboard package? Once we find the cause of the issue we can use it for the QA testing of an update candidate for xboard.

Thank You doktor5000, Akien
I have filed a bug report in bugs.mageia.org.

Akien wrote:@Latte: Could you also post the list of your font packages using doktor5000's command, for comparison purposes?

Here you go:

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[marc@Rechner ~]$ rpm -qa | grep -i font | sort
abattis-cantarell-fonts-0.0.15-3.mga4
font-tools-0.1-24.mga4
fontconfig-2.11.0-2.mga4
fontpackages-filesystem-1.44-8.mga4
fonts-dejavu-common-2.34-2.mga4
fonts-ttf-bitstream-vera-1.10-13.mga4
fonts-ttf-decoratives-1.4-3.mga4
fonts-ttf-dejavu-2.34-2.mga4
fonts-ttf-latex-0.1-11.mga4
fonts-ttf-liberation-2.00.1-2.mga4
fonts-ttf-west_european-1.4-3.mga4
ghostscript-fonts-8.11-17.mga4
gnu-free-fonts-common-20120503-5.mga4
gnu-free-fonts-compat-20120503-5.mga4
gnu-free-mono-fonts-20120503-5.mga4
gnu-free-sans-fonts-20120503-5.mga4
gnu-free-serif-fonts-20120503-5.mga4
google-crosextra-caladea-fonts-1.002-0.2.20130214.2.mga4
google-crosextra-carlito-fonts-1.103-0.1.20130920.2.mga4
lib64fontconfig-devel-2.11.0-2.mga4
lib64fontconfig-gir2.0-1.38.0-2.mga4
lib64fontconfig1-2.11.0-2.mga4
lib64fontenc1-1.1.2-2.mga4
lib64kfontinst4-4.11.4-1.mga4
lib64kfontinstui4-4.11.4-1.mga4
lib64xfont1-1.4.7-1.1.mga4
libfontconfig1-2.11.0-2.mga4
libobasis4.2-ooofonts-4.2.5.2-2
libreoffice-opensymbol-fonts-4.1.5.3-1.mga4
mkfontdir-1.0.7-3.mga4
mkfontscale-1.1.1-2.mga4
perl-Font-AFM-1.200.0-3.mga4
urw-fonts-2.4-4.mga4
x11-font-adobe-75dpi-1.0.3-3.mga4
x11-font-alias-1.0.3-4.mga4
x11-font-bh-75dpi-1.0.3-3.mga4
x11-font-bh-lucidatypewriter-75dpi-1.0.3-3.mga4
x11-font-bitstream-75dpi-1.0.3-3.mga4
x11-font-cursor-misc-1.0.3-3.mga4
x11-font-daewoo-misc-1.0.3-3.mga4
x11-font-encodings-1.0.4-3.mga4
x11-font-isas-misc-1.0.3-3.mga4
x11-font-jis-misc-1.0.3-3.mga4
x11-font-misc-misc-1.1.2-3.mga4
xorg-x11-75dpi-fonts-7.7-4.mga4

I'm using mga4 64bit system and not cauldron

Hi,
I found a temporary solution for the problem. After some googling, i found same issue in archlinux forums, two years back. This is the relevant url.
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=134813
Using the advice listed in the above thread, i edited my /etc/xboard.conf, and added the above lines.

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-font "-*-lucida-medium-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"
-clockFont "-*-lucida-medium-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"
-coordFont "-*-lucida-medium-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"


After this edit,xbaord is launching from both menu and from the konsole.

Could you please add that information to your bugreport ? https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13810

I added the same information to the bugreport.
Thank You