Re: X Server can't find font `fixed'
Michael Abraham Shulman wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I just upgraded a bunch of packages to unstable and now my X server
> dies saying
>
> Fatal server error:
> could not open default font 'fixed'
>
> I don't even know what package this problem is in. I tried downgrading
> xserver-common, xfs, and xserver-svga, but that didn't fix the problem.
> Can anyone suggest where the problem is? I can send more detailed info
> but I don't know what is relevant.
>
> xserver-common: 3.3.6-11
> xserver-svga: 3.3.6-11
> xfs: 3.3.6-11
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>From a posting 12 Oct 2000
"Yes, some package that I upgraded forgot to run update-fonts-alias in
misc. So, what you need to do as root is:
cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts
update-fonts-alias misc
Max"
It worked for me. Thanks Max.
LeeE
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