Re: xfree86 3.3

[Raja R Harinath <harinath@cs.umn.edu>]

Alex Romosan <alex@juliet.fnal.gov> writes:
> i've just installed the new xfree86 version 3.3 packages from
> Incoming, but now i am having problems restarting the x server. if i
> try to restart it using startx, i get the following error:
> 
> Fatal server error:
> could not open default font 'fixed'

This appears to be due to running the wrong `mkfontdir'.  The
`mkfontdir' from XFree86 appears not to handle *.gz files.  Rerun
`mkfontdir' in all the font directories (/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/font).

- Hari

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