can't find fixed font in X

["loki" <eloki@dingoblue.net.au>]

  Hi, I upgraded from slink to potato, but trying to startx dies with the
following error: (xdm is also broken, but one thing at a time)
(wrapped for convenience)

failed to set default font path '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/freefont/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype'

Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'

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X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).

  Anyone have any hints on how to fix this?


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    loki
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