[Konsole-devel] [Bug 76770] New: Linux font not displayed in konsole

[m.rudolf at uw.edu.pl]

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           Summary: Linux font not displayed in konsole
           Product: konsole
           Version: 1.3
          Platform: unspecified
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: konsole-devel kde org
        ReportedBy: m.rudolf uw edu pl


Version:           1.3 (using KDE 3.2.0, Mandrake Linux Cooker i586 - Cooker)
Compiler:          gcc version 3.3.1 (Mandrake Linux 9.2 3.3.1-2mdk)
OS:          Linux (i686) release 2.4.22-10mdk

Linux font not displayed in konsole. Standard message about missing font

-misc-console-medium-r-normal--16-160-72-72-c-80-iso10646-1

is displayed when selecting Font->Linux.

Surpisingly, when Konsole is started with default Linux font, reported missing font is:

-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1

Font misc-console is installed:
xlsfonts| grep misc-console
-misc-console-medium-r-normal--0-0-72-72-c-0-iso10646-1
-misc-console-medium-r-normal--16-160-72-72-c-80-iso10646-1
-misc-console-medium-r-normal--8-80-72-72-c-80-iso10646-1

Linux handling in Konsole really puzzles me. Almost each new KDE version changes Konsole behaviour here. Sometimes font is found, sometimes it isn't, sometimes it can be selected manually (misc->console), sometimes not. What is really strange is that bug reappears all the time.

In KDE 3.2, it isn't possible to select any font except fixed, so Konsole is barely usable.

BTW. Another annoying thing is error message, pointing to README.linux.console which:
a) is 4 years old
b) is not available in KDE binary packages
c) contains no useful information about the problem.