RE: X-font called 'fixed'

["David Karlin" <funk48@travelin.com>]

Remco,
Thanks for the speedy reply :-)
You are 100% correct.  My font files are all .pcf.gz.  What is the
procedure to change them all to .z?

TIA,

--David

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Remco van de Meent [mailto:rvdmeent@xs4all.nl]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 1998 4:21 AM
> To: David Karlin
> Cc: Debian User
> Subject: Re: X-font called 'fixed'
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, 13 Oct 1998, David Karlin wrote:
> 
>  : Hello,
>  : I'm setting up an X-server called 'vncserver' and it barfs 
> everytime I run
>  : it.
>  : Here is the log:
>  : 
>  : rfbInitSockets: listening on TCP port 5901
>  : httpInitSockets: listening on TCP port 5801
>  : failed to set default font path
>  : '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X
>  : 
> 11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X1
> 1/fonts/75
>  : dpi/
>  : ,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/'
>  : Fatal server error:
>  : could not open default font 'fixed'
> 
> I think you have the 'fixed' font installed, but it might be compressed
> using gzip instead of compress. All your fonts are *.gz, ain't they?
> vncserver expects .Z fonts. 
> 
>  -Remco
>