Subject: bug#47713: Icecat doesnt show numbers for anything

From: bo0od <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2021 17:32:50 +0000

Brilliant! , Solved the issue immediately after installing it.

Thank You :)

Ludovic Courtès:
> bo0od <[email-masked]> skribis:
> 
>> Tell me any command you want the output for (or package to install) to
>> help solving this issue i will post it here.
>>
>> I have posted how my guix system configured/built here:
>>
>> https://issues.guix.gnu.org/47687
> 
> I found <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/43293>, which was about the same
> issue; the solution was to install ‘font-dejavu’.
> 
> I can reproduce the problem with the OS config you posted at
> <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/47687>.  With that Xfce-only config,
> /run/current-system/profile lacks ‘font-dejavu’, hence the problem.
> 
> The config in ‘vm-image.tmpl’ does not provide ‘font-dejavu’ but it
> provides ‘font-bitstream-vera’, which does the job.
> 
> ‘font-dejavu’ is propagated by the ‘gnome’ package, which is why there’s
> no such problem when using ‘gnome-desktop-service-type’.  The solution
> is to make sure one of these fonts is always installed by default.
> 
> The attached patch does that.  I’ll go ahead and push it if there are no
> objections.
> 
> Thanks for reporting the issue!
> 
> Ludo’.
> 
> 
> diff --git a/gnu/packages/enlightenment.scm b/gnu/packages/enlightenment.scm
> index 15ea89454f..079d60e45a 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/enlightenment.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/enlightenment.scm
> @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
>     #:use-module (gnu packages code)
>     #:use-module (gnu packages compression)
>     #:use-module (gnu packages curl)
> +  #:use-module (gnu packages fonts)
>     #:use-module (gnu packages fontutils)
>     #:use-module (gnu packages freedesktop)
>     #:use-module (gnu packages fribidi)
> @@ -370,7 +371,10 @@ Libraries with some extra bells and whistles.")
>       (propagated-inputs
>        `(("efl" ,efl)
>          ("libxkbcommon" ,libxkbcommon)
> -       ("wayland-protocols" ,wayland-protocols)))
> +       ("wayland-protocols" ,wayland-protocols)
> +
> +       ;; Default font that applications such as IceCat require.
> +       ("font-dejavu" ,font-dejavu)))
>       (home-page "https://www.enlightenment.org/about-enlightenment")
>       (synopsis "Lightweight desktop environment")
>       (description
> diff --git a/gnu/packages/mate.scm b/gnu/packages/mate.scm
> index 44420147a3..82b2d6e0fd 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/mate.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/mate.scm
> @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
>   ;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017 Efraim Flashner <[email-masked]>
>   ;;; Copyright © 2017 Nikita <[email-masked]>
>   ;;; Copyright © 2018, 2019, 2020 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <[email-masked]>
> -;;; Copyright © 2019, 2020 Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>
> +;;; Copyright © 2019, 2020, 2021 Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>
>   ;;; Copyright © 2019 Guy Fleury Iteriteka <[email-masked]>
>   ;;; Copyright © 2020 Jonathan Brielmaier <[email-masked]>
>   ;;; Copyright © 2020 Mathieu Othacehe <[email-masked]>
> @@ -1580,6 +1580,9 @@ used to bring up authentication dialogs.")
>          ("shared-mime-info"          ,shared-mime-info)
>          ("yelp"                      ,yelp)
>          ("zenity"                    ,zenity)))
> +    (propagated-inputs
> +     ;; Default font that applications such as IceCat require.
> +     `(("font-dejavu"             ,font-dejavu)))
>       (synopsis "The MATE desktop environment")
>       (home-page "https://mate-desktop.org/")
>       (description
> diff --git a/gnu/packages/xfce.scm b/gnu/packages/xfce.scm
> index 5782fa9eac..299e39115a 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/xfce.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/xfce.scm
> @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
>     #:use-module (gnu packages base)
>     #:use-module (gnu packages calendar)
>     #:use-module (gnu packages cdrom)
> +  #:use-module (gnu packages fonts)
>     #:use-module (gnu packages fontutils)
>     #:use-module (gnu packages freedesktop)
>     #:use-module (gnu packages gettext)
> @@ -1011,6 +1012,9 @@ on your desktop.")
>          ("xfce4-clipman-plugin"    ,xfce4-clipman-plugin)
>          ("xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin" ,xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin)
>          ("xfce4-xkb-plugin"        ,xfce4-xkb-plugin)))
> +    (propagated-inputs
> +     ;; Default font that applications such as IceCat require.
> +     `(("font-dejavu"             ,font-dejavu)))
>       (native-search-paths
>        ;; For finding panel plugins.
>        (package-native-search-paths xfce4-panel))
>