Sure you installed all the necessary font packages? Also make sure X knows
about them, see /etc/X11/xorg.conf.

2009/1/3 Pat <pat@xvalheru.org>

> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to install new system based on amd64 and there are the font
> problems during the installation.
> 1) the skype menus are blank
> 2) Eterm giving this error message:
> Eterm:  Error:  Unable to load font
> "-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--10-100-75-75-p-56-iso8859-1".
> Falling back on "fixed"
> Eterm:  Error:  Unable to load font
> "-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-*-*-*-c-*-iso10646-1".  Falling
> back on "k14"
> Eterm:  FATAL:  Couldn't load the fallback font either.  Giving up.
>
> Can someone help?
>
> Thanks a lot
>
>        Pat
>
> P.S. kernel 2.6.26-gentoo-r4, architecture amd64, X.org 7.4 (unmasked by
> ~amd64)
>
>