Fedor 9 X Window System error: (SOLVED)

[Jeff Maxwell]

On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 16:22 -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> On 10/30/2008 01:47 PM, vohnmaxwell at bellsouth.net wrote:
> > Has anyone encountered:
> >
> > The program 'recorder' received an X Window System error.
> > This probably reflects a bug in the program.
> > The error was 'BadName (named color or font does not exist)'.
> >   (Details: serial 214 error_code 15 request_code 45 minor_code 0)
> >   (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
> >    that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
> >    To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
> >    option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
> >    backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)
> >
> > I have had this happen on a couple of other applications.
> >
> > I am also curious if this is preventing my Gnome applications from running?  They seem to just flash and disappear.
> >
> >   
> First, we need to know what platform and what video system you have. I suspect that you do not have all the needed fonts installed. IMHO, I would go back and install all the fonts available in your LOCALE (eg. language). You also might want to reinstall x.org at tthe same time. While I don't think it is a driver issue you might check your driver and display settings (system/administration/display). 
> 
> I reinstalled Fedora 9 (not upgrade - complete new install).  Behavior problems have cleared now I need to restore any files that were removed as part of the install.
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