I'm having an odd problem which I can't seem to find the answer to. I
have recently upgraded from CentOS 5 to CentOS 6 (using a fresh install and
migrate). However, I have a bunch of Tk widgets that use font names like
"12x24" and "5x7", etc. Under CentOS 5 (Tk 8.4), this
worked fine; however, under CentOS 6 (Tk 8.5), this does not seem to work
properly; it does not find the fonts and reverts to a (pretty, but wrong)
default font.
I have verified using xlsfonts, xdpyfont, etc. that the fonts exist; for
example, "12x24" is apparently now an alias for:
-Sony-Fixed-Medium-R-Normal--24-170-100-100-C-120-ISO8859-1
and if I specify this full name in Tk, it works fine.
What am I doing wrong here, or did the enhanced font support in Tk 8.5 subtly
break fonts using an "WxH" designation?
-G.
--
Glenn Eychaner (geychaner at lco.cl)
Telescope Systems Programmer, Las Campanas Observatory
