[logon] Problem running LOGON on Ubuntu 8.10 x86_64

[Francis Bond]

G'day,

> we are experiencing problems running LOGON on Ubuntu 8.10. I include the
> logs.
>
> I suspect it may have something to do with font setup, since the same
> problem occurs, if the Ubuntu machine serves as an X display for LOGON
> running on a Fedora 8 machine (which, BTW, does not have this problem).
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Standard Ubuntu installations appear not to include the standard bitmap
> X11 fonts. However, we have installed these already, and the fonts
> appear in the font selection chooser.

If it is the same problem we had (see the developers list for some
discussion) then removing ttf-arphic-uming is the solution.  There is
a problem with the font not returning one of its x-properties
correctly, and that causes CLIM to crash.

sudo dpkg --purge ttf-arphic-uming

We (Michael Goodman) have filed a bug with the font.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ttf-arphic-uming/+bug/296161

I encourage you to go to the bug report and add a confirmation.

-- 
Francis Bond <http://www2.nict.go.jp/x/x161/en/member/bond/>
NICT Language Infrastructure Group