[Pkg-raspi-maintainers] Bug#918925: i3: Status and title bar text do not appear with default config file

[Michael Stapelberg]

[+cc pkg-raspi-maintainers, in case someone has seen this issue or a
similar issue before]

I can reproduce the problem on a Raspberry Pi 3B.

Interestingly enough, running i3 in xserver-xephyr on that machine makes it
display correctly, so the issue is not (just) a missing dependency.

My guess is that there is some issue related to the graphics driver.
Unfortunately, I can’t seem to use the “vesa” driver; Xorg finds no screens
when I try.

I haven’t yet figured out whether other programs are affected, too, or just
i3. I can say that awesome and geeqie seem to work.

On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 8:21 PM Leo Singer <leo.singer at ligo.org> wrote:

> Package: i3
> Version: 4.16-1
> Followup-For: Bug #918925
>
> Actually, removing the 'pango:' string from the font option is just causing
> it to fall back to the fixed-width X core font.
>
> I tried using a handful of other fonts, such as:
>
>     font pango:Bistream Vera Sans Mono 8
>
> And it turns out that the title and status bar text are missing for *any*
> pango
> font option.
>
> I looked through ~/.xsession-errors and I did not see any font-related
> errors.
>
>     [libi3] ../../i3-wm-4.16/libi3/font.c Using Pango font monospace, size
> 8
>     01/18/19 14:13:30 - dpi.c:init_dpi:41 - Resource Xft.dpi not
> specified, skipping.
>     01/18/19 14:13:30 - dpi.c:init_dpi:64 - Using fallback for calculating
> DPI.
>     01/18/19 14:13:30 - dpi.c:init_dpi:66 - Using dpi = 96
>     01/18/19 14:13:30 - main.c:main:561 - root_depth = 32, visual_id =
> 0x00000077.
>     01/18/19 14:13:30 - main.c:main:563 - root_screen->height_in_pixels =
> 1080, root_screen->height_in_millimeters = 285
>     01/18/19 14:13:30 - main.c:main:564 - One logical pixel corresponds to
> 1 physical pixels on this display.
>


-- 
Best regards,
Michael
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