Re: unstable: "could not open default font 'fixed'"

[Alvin Oga <aoga@Maggie.Linux-Consulting.com>]

hi ya michael

Check your /etc/X11/XF86Config  ( at the beginning )
   Fonts 
	...
	FontPath   "unix/:-1"

if you have it, you probably need to be running xfs ( x fontserver )
or
(quickie test) comment it out and test to see if works...

"X -probeonly" will tell you what else you might need to fix

c ya
alvin


On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Michael P wrote:

> After restarting my computer to install a new kernel, X refuses to start.
> I get:
> Fatal server error:
> could not open default font 'fixed'
> 
> This is the first time I've rebooted (or probably even exited X) in three
> days, and I upgrade packages every day, so I'm not sure what caused it.  I
> searched bugs.debian.org and mailing list archives, but no one else seems
> to have the same problem.
> 
> Is this a problem I caused myself?  And if so, does someone know how I
> might be able to fix it?  No errors (EE), notices (!!), or related
> warnings (WW) are listed in the log.
>