Re: X11 'fixed' font error
On 1999-01-01 20:52, Torsten Landschoff wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 31, 1998 at 12:03:33PM -0600, me wrote:
> >
> > After re-installing X11, (with all new fonts) -- 'frozen' distro, I still
> > get the same error:
> >
> > "could not open default font 'fixed'"
> >
> > but:
> > locate fixed gives "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/fixed.pcf.gz."
> >
> > "/etc/X11/XF86Config" shows this path as well, so I know I have the font.
> >
> > What should I do?
>
> Did you try to call mkfontdir for that directory? The installation of X11
> should do that automatically but there might be a bug in frozen.
I did but the fontdir file was not created and there was no error
messages. I removed the font server entry in /etc/X11/XF86Config
which seemed to fix the problems (for whatever reason).
/Allan
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