Re: severe xfree86 hassles
the problem is not keyboard related it is font related. make sure you have
xfonts-base installed.
nate
On 19 Jan 2000, Steve Winston wrote:
xee42 >I continue with xfree86 problems. After downloading and configuring version
xee42 >3.3.6, startx fails with what appears to be a keyboard error.
xee42 >I use a Microsoft natural keyboard. Any suggestions? HELLLLPppp
xee42 >The messages:
xee42 >System: '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp -w 1
xee42 >-R/usr/X11R6/lib/X11xkb -xkm -m us_microsoft -eml "The XKEYBOARD keymap
xee42 >compiler (xkbcomp) reports: " -emp ">" -eml
xee42 >"Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the Xserver"
xee42 >keymap/xfree86 compiled/xfree86.xkm'
xee42 >Fatal Server error:
xee42 >Could not open default font 'fixed'
xee42 >x connection to: 00 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown)
xee42 >
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