[Bug 1613] New: RFE: libfont should be much more verbose when files/resources cannot be found/opened

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           Summary: RFE: libfont should be much more verbose when
                    files/resources cannot be found/opened
           Product: xorg
           Version: CVS_head
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: Lib/font
        AssignedTo: xorg-bugzilla-noise at freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: roland.mainz at nrubsig.org
                CC: eich at pdx.freedesktop.org


RFE: libfont should be much more verbose when files/resources cannot be
found/opened. Right now it's more or less impossible to figure out what is going
wrong except using tools like Solaris's "truss" or similar tracing tools.
IMHO the Xserver should be verbose in the following cases:
- A file exists but cannot be opened
- |mmap()| fails
- A file containing font data cannot be opened
- A fonts.dir entry is being dropped for some reason
- Any case where the Xserver returns
"BadFontname"/"BadFontPath"/"BadFontFormat"  the exact reason should be printed
in the server log.        
   
   
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