urxvt error

[Benjamin R. Haskell]

On Tue, 24 Jul 2012, Jagadeesh N. Malakannavar wrote:

> Hi I am gettting this error:
> 
> urxvt: unable to load base fontset, please specify a valid one using -fn, aborting.
> 
> 
> my .Xdefaults is
> 
> urxvt.font: xft: Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=12
> urxvt.boldfont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:pixelsize=12
> 
> How to fix it?

Part of the issue might be the space between 'xft:' and 'Bitstream'.  If 
that doesn't fix it, check the output of `fc-list` to see if it shows 
'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono'.

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Best,
Ben