I had the problem quoted below on the 430CDT after the base installation. I tried the apt-get statement cited in this email response--apt said the task-x-window-system-core was installed. I did apt-cache show to see if there were fixed fonts of any description on the machine and there were not. I also did a find with the same result. So I did apt-get update, then tried apt-cache show again. Nothing. I tried apt-get search xfonts* and still came up with nothing. Nichego. Nada.
Today or tomorrow I will try RH7. That one, RH7, installed without a hitch on my home machine. Why is that? Why should one distribution install and another one will not? I presented my problems to this list and got some well-thought-out responses, but they didn't help.
I would really like to switch to Debian because of dpkg and apt, and because Red Hat seems to be intent on becoming the Micr$oft of Linux distros.
At 09:19 AM 01/19/2001 +0000, Frank Copeland wrote:
On 19 Jan 01 06:58:32 GMT, Forrest English <forrest@truffula.net> wrote: > >in my trying to apt all the right files for my laptop to run x, i seem to >have missed somthing. > >when i attemt to run x... > >"Fatal Server error: >could not open default font 'fixed'" > >what does this mean, and what do i need to do to fix it? It means you've neglected to install a necessary font package. The simplest solution may be to 'apt-get install task-x-window-system-core' which *should* pull in everything you need. Frank -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org
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