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[Resolved] Fontconfig error: Cannot load config file "infinality/conf.d"

Posted: 19. May 2019, 12:21
by rf28723
Hi there,

Running Virtualbox Version 6.0.8 r130520 (Qt5.6.2) on a Windows 10 Pro 10.0.17134 host.
When installing VirtualBox Guest Additions 6.0.8 on my OEL 4.14.35-1818.3.3.el7uek.x86_64 guest , I get "Fontconfig error: Cannot load config file "infinality/conf.:
[root@rfennet-linux VBox_GAs_6.0.8]# ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing VirtualBox 6.0.8 Guest Additions for Linux........
VirtualBox Guest Additions installer
Removing installed version 6.0.8 of VirtualBox Guest Additions...
Copying additional installer modules ...
Installing additional modules ...
VirtualBox Guest Additions: Starting.
VirtualBox Guest Additions: Building the VirtualBox Guest Additions kernel 
modules.  This may take a while.
VirtualBox Guest Additions: To build modules for other installed kernels, run
VirtualBox Guest Additions:   /sbin/rcvboxadd quicksetup <version>
VirtualBox Guest Additions: or
VirtualBox Guest Additions:   /sbin/rcvboxadd quicksetup all
VirtualBox Guest Additions: Building the modules for kernel 
4.14.35-1818.3.3.el7uek.x86_64.
Fontconfig error: failed reading config file
Fontconfig error: Cannot load config file "infinality/conf.d"
...
Fontconfig error: failed reading config file
Fontconfig error: Cannot load config file "infinality/conf.d"
/etc/bashrc: line 12: PS1: unbound variable
/etc/bashrc: line 12: PS1: unbound variable
VirtualBox Guest Additions: Running kernel modules will not be replaced until 
the system is restarted
[root@rfennet-linux VBox_GAs_6.0.8]#
Anyone seen this ?
Is the PS1 message related ?
Is this a problem ?

After a reboot, it seems 6.0.8 is running:
[root@rfennet-linux ~]# /usr/sbin/VBoxService --version
6.0.8r130520
[root@rfennet-linux ~]#

Re: Fontconfig error: Cannot load config file "infinality/conf.d"

Posted: 19. May 2019, 18:16
by socratis
Is your guest a CLI only, or does it have a window manager, like X11 running?

Re: Fontconfig error: Cannot load config file "infinality/conf.d"

Posted: 19. May 2019, 18:58
by Martin
Fontconfig error: Cannot load config file "infinality/conf.d"
is a generic Linux problem with a config file from the infinality font renderer.

Re: Fontconfig error: Cannot load config file "infinality/conf.d"

Posted: 21. May 2019, 09:37
by rf28723
@socratis :
[root@rfennet-linux ~]# systemctl status gdm
● gdm.service - GNOME Display Manager
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/gdm.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Mon 2019-05-20 19:08:52 CEST; 14h ago
  Process: 4544 ExecStartPost=/bin/bash -c TERM=linux /usr/bin/clear > /dev/tty1 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
 Main PID: 4533 (gdm)
   CGroup: /system.slice/gdm.service
           ├─4533 /usr/sbin/gdm
           └─6858 /usr/bin/X :0 -background none -noreset -audit 4 -verbose -auth /run/gdm/auth-for-gdm-pAkkQc/database -seat seat0 -nolisten tcp vt1

May 20 19:08:52 rfennet-linux systemd[1]: Starting GNOME Display Manager...
May 20 19:08:52 rfennet-linux systemd[1]: Started GNOME Display Manager.
[root@rfennet-linux ~]#
@all, this problem was not present during the install of VirtualBox Guest Additions 6.0.6 , this only happens during the installation process of VirtualBox Guest Additions 6.0.8 ....

Re: Fontconfig error: Cannot load config file "infinality/conf.d"

Posted: 30. May 2019, 17:12
by rf28723
Hi again,

No idea when and where the following packages made their way into my guest:

fontconfig-infinality-1-20120615_1.noarch
freetype-infinality-2.4.12-2.20130514_01.el7.nux.1.x86_64

After removing those, all still works fine,and VBox GA installations completes successfully without any error.

Thanks for helping.
Kind regards,
Rene

Re: Fontconfig error: Cannot load config file "infinality/conf.d"

Posted: 30. May 2019, 17:28
by socratis
Great, thanks for the feedback. Marking as [Resolved].