Re: uxterm issue on pmax X11 (Was: Missing X binary)

On Sat, 4 Dec 2021 at 11:31, David Brownlee <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> OK, so this is... odd.
>
> uxterm fails on pmax running Xorg 1.10 (with local changes to build an
> xwsfb server)
>
> The issue can be reproduced by setting LC_CTYPE
>
> $ env LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 xterm
> X Error of failed request:  BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)
>   Major opcode of failed request:  45 (X_OpenFont)
>   Serial number of failed request:  53
>   Current serial number in output stream: 54
>
> other apps report errors, but fallback to default fonts
>
> $ env LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 xclock -digital
> Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion
> Warning: Unable to load any usable fontset
>
> Will have to test a standard vax build (which should have the same xorg version)

Update on this - it also happens with Xorg 1.20 on pmax, so it's not
related to Xorg 1.10 at all. Still digging

David