Re: X11: could not open default font 'fixed'
On Tuesday 04 December 2001 12:10, Johann Spies wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 03:52:55PM +0100, Jean-Philippe
Gu?rard wrote:
> > Le 2001-12-04 16:23:39 +0200, Johann Spies écrivait :
> > > I am trying to install X11 on a machine in preparation to
> > > show linux to other users. At the moment I am stuck with
> > > the error message in the subject-line on Woody.
> >
> > Try running as root :
> >
> > cd /usr/lib/X11/fonts
> > update-fonts-alias 100dpi 75dpi misc Speedo TrueType Type1
>
> Thanks. Running this showed that I missed some fonts. So
> installed all the ttf I could find and ran it again. This
> time it ended without an error. However, trying to run startx
> still ended in "Fatal server error: could not open default
> font 'fixed'" :(
>
> Regards.
>
> Johann
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2001/debian-user-200112/msg00257.html
May the archives be with you,
Jesse
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