/etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup...
xrdb: colon missing on line 371, ignoring line
/etc/gdm/Xsession: Setup done, will execute: /usr/bin/ssh-agent -- twm -f /home/pelle/.twmrc
twm: unable to open fontset "-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
Changing font does not help, compiling TWM in stead of using the Salix package does not help. Reinstalling TWM does not change anything. The fontset is in place, TVTWM uses more or less the same configuration without any problem, and I have TWM running on a laptop with Salix without any problem. The font settings are from system.twmrc.
I can live without TWM, but I have a feeling that understanding this problem would be very useful.
I tried using system.twmrc too, and tried starting TWM in different ways (xinitrc.twm, and just twm ). It woks fine on the laptop with the same verion of Salix (64-bit 14.2)
You're missing some of those adobe fonts. Either remove the font lines from your .twmrc, or install the fonts. They're probably in the font-adobe-100dpi package.
I have font-adobe-100dpi and font-adobe-75dpi 1.0.3-noarch-1 installed, I have tried removing the font settings and tried a different font, changing size etc., the result is the same. TVTWM and MWM use the same font, no problem.
/etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup...
xrdb: colon missing on line 371, ignoring line
/etc/gdm/Xsession: Setup done, will execute: /usr/bin/ssh-agent -- twm -f /home/pelle/.twmrc
twm: unable to open fontset "fixed"
twm: warning: font for charset JISX0208.1983-0 is lacking.
twm: warning: font for charset KSC5601.1987-0 is lacking.
twm: warning: font for charset JISX0208.1983-0 is lacking.
twm: warning: font for charset KSC5601.1987-0 is lacking.
twm: warning: font for charset JISX0208.1983-0 is lacking.
twm: warning: font for charset KSC5601.1987-0 is lacking.
twm: warning: font for charset JISX0208.1983-0 is lacking.
twm: warning: font for charset KSC5601.1987-0 is lacking.
twm: warning: font for charset JISX0208.1983-0 is lacking.
twm: warning: font for charset KSC5601.1987-0 is lacking.
I removed some of the preinstalled fonts (but not Dejavu) for some Asian languages that I do not know, could that be the problem?
Edit: Yes, it was. I installed sinhala_lklug-font-ttf and tibmachuni-font-ttf and am now using TWM.
Thanks for helping me, it did guide me to the solution even though I do not understand why I need a Tibetan font to use Helvetica.
Wiki:
"You might find that titlebars and menu entries in TWM are extremely large - twice the size that one might typically expect. This is a locale issue with TWM that occurs when a UTF-8 locale is used. Setting the locale to C fixes the issue. See [2]."
I use Terminus font: "-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal-*-*-120-*-*-c-*-paratype-pt154"
That probably also explains why I need the Tibetan machine font installed to use Helvetica too. However I will leave the locale as it is and TWM looking a bit like Windows10 as I do not know what effect a change would have on other applications.