bug#277: 23.0.60; Still trouble with fonts

[jpff]

I am still having trouble with fonts.  It seems impossible to use the
-fn command-line option, and also 

      (setq default-frame-alist
            '((width            . 80)
              (font . "-adobe-courier-bold-r-normal-*-120-*-*-m-*-iso8859-1")
              (icon-type        . t)      ; gnu picture as Emacs icon
              ))

fails


In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.29 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.0)
 of 2008-05-19 on cardew
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.70200000
Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: en_GB.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: @im=local
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Lisp Interaction

Minor modes in effect:
  eldoc-mode: t
  auto-image-file-mode: t
  show-paren-mode: t
  display-time-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  global-auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
q q <help-echo> M-x r e p o r t - b <tab> <return>

Recent messages:
Loading uniquify...done
Preparing diary...done
Loading /home/jpff/mail-filter.el (source)...done
Loading logger...done
Loading /home/jpff/myemacs.el (source)...done
Loading delsel...done
For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.
Entering debugger... [2 times]
Error while displaying tooltip: (error Font 
`-adobe-courier-bold-r-normal-*-120-*-*-m-*-iso8859-1' is not defined)
mouse-2, RET: Push this button

==John ffitch