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From: "Dr. Volker Zell" <dr DOT volker DOT zell AT oracle DOT com>
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:58:56 +0100
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>>>>> Sebastian Nohn writes:

    > Hi,
    > I have a strange problem starting XEmacs:

    > $ xemacs
    > *** Error in XEmacs initialization
    > (error "Must be string, vector, or font-instance" #<x-device on
    > "127.0.0.1:0.0" 0xb17>)
    > *** Backtrace
    >   really-early-error-handler((error "Must be string, vector, or
    > font-instance" #<x-device on "127.0.0.1:0.0" 0xb17>))
    >   check-valid-instantiator(#<x-device on "127.0.0.1:0.0" 0xb17> font)
    >   # bind (result noerror specifier-type spec)
    >   canonicalize-spec(#<x-device on "127.0.0.1:0.0" 0xb17> font nil)
    >   # bind (rest result)
    >   byte-code("..." [specifier-type res2 noerror spec-list result rest
    > nil throw cann-spec-list t signal error "Invalid list format"
    > canonicalize-spec] 5)
    >   # (catch cann-spec-list ...)
    >   # bind (result noerror specifier-type spec-list)
    >   canonicalize-spec-list((#<x-device on "127.0.0.1:0.0" 0xb17>) font)
    >   # bind (is-valid nval how-to-add tag-set locale value specifier)
    >   set-specifier(#<font-specifier global=((default x)
    > . "-*-courier-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*")
    > fallback=((... . "Courier New:Regular:10::Western")
    > (... . "Courier:Regular:10::Western")
    > (... . "Fixedsys:Regular:9::Western") (... . "Courier
    > New:Regular:10::Western") (... . "Courier:Regular:10::Western")
    > (... . "normal") ...) 0x1c9> nil #<x-device on "127.0.0.1:0.0" 0xb17>
    > nil nil)
    >   # bind (how-to-add tag-set locale value property face)
    >   set-face-property(default font nil #<x-device on "127.0.0.1:0.0"
    0xb17> nil nil)
    >   # bind (how-to-add tag-set locale font face)
    >   set-face-font(default nil #<x-device on "127.0.0.1:0.0" 0xb17>)
    >   # bind (new-x-font device)
    >   x-init-device-faces(#<x-device on "127.0.0.1:0.0" 0xb17>)
    >   # bind (device)
    >   init-device-faces(#<x-device on "127.0.0.1:0.0" 0xb17>)
    >   # (unwind-protect ...)
    >   # (unwind-protect ...)
    >   make-device(x nil)
    >   # bind (display)
    >   make-x-device(nil)
    >   init-x-win()
    >   # bind (debugger debug-on-error command-line-args-left)
    >   command-line()
    >   # (condition-case ... . ((t (byte-code "      Â" ... 1))))
    >   # bind (error-data)
    >   normal-top-level()
    >   # (condition-case ... . error)
    >   # (catch top-level ...)
    > *** Killing XEmacs

    > Any help?

Probably you should install additional fonts from the new X11R7.4 

    > - Sebastian

Ciao
  Volker

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