Couldn't find font "-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1"

Hi, All
Every time I open ROOT, this warning is at the first line:
Couldn’t find font "-adobe-helvetica-medium-r---10-----*-iso8859-1"
Though I have not met any problems caused by it so far, I think it’s better to fix it anyway.
However, I don’t know how to do, so I turn to you for help.
Thank you!
Details:

[code]Couldn’t find font “-adobe-helvetica-medium-r---10-----*-iso8859-1”,
trying “fixed”. Please fix your system so helvetica can be found,
this font typically is in the rpm (or pkg equivalent) package
XFree86-[75,100]dpi-fonts or fonts-xorg-[75,100]dpi.


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Hi,

As the message says:

[quote]Please fix your system so helvetica can be found,
this font typically is in the rpm (or pkg equivalent) package
XFree86-[75,100]dpi-fonts or fonts-xorg-[75,100]dpi.[/quote]
Did you try to install this package?

Cheers, Bertrand

Actually, on my Ubuntu 14.04 (it doesn’t use “xfs”), it’s probably “gsfonts-x11” and/or “xfonts-base” and/or “xfonts-scalable” and/or “xfonts-100dpi” and/or “xfonts-75dpi” packages.
Then, for “better appearance”, edit the “${ROOTSYS}/etc/system.rootrc” file and set “X11.UseXft:” to “yes” (by default it is “no”).

Thank you.
I find a topic posted by lixo1, and get the solution from it.
Here is the link:
[url]Adobe helvetica on ubuntu 11.04

Please I’m having this same issue and I’m new to linux. please I need a step by step guide on how to fix this.
Thanks guys

In the url link above, you can find the solution in the 10th floor (written by lixo1). I fixed this problem by following that. Maybe you can fix yours in the same way.
You just need to install something like those: (type them once a line in you terminal and press “return”)
sudo apt-get install xfs xfstt
sudo apt-get install t1-xfree86-nonfree
sudo apt-get install ttf-xfree86-nonfree
sudo apt-get install ttf-xfree86-nonfree-syriac
sudo apt-get install xfonts-75dpi
sudo apt-get install xfonts-100dpi

then reboot your system:
reboot

then retry your root

I hope those can help you.

Thanks.
first I couldn’t install the first one i got an error like this:
Package xfs is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package ‘xfs’ has no installation candidate

I think I cannot install the first one, either. The error information is the same as yours.
However, after I installed the others listed below the first one, the problem disappeared.
Maybe you can install the all packages below the first one, and then see whether this problem is fixed or not.

Hi, please do the following to install the first one.

sudo apt-get install xfsprogs
sudo apt-get install xfsprogs xfstt

Cheers