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Re: X Server can't find font `fixed'



On Wed, Oct 18, 2000 at 06:11:00PM -0700, Michael Abraham Shulman (shulman@caltech.edu) wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I just upgraded a bunch of packages to unstable and now my X server
> dies saying
> 
> Fatal server error:
> could not open default font 'fixed'
> 
> I don't even know what package this problem is in.  I tried downgrading
> xserver-common, xfs, and xserver-svga, but that didn't fix the problem.
> Can anyone suggest where the problem is?  I can send more detailed info
> but I don't know what is relevant.
> 
> xserver-common: 3.3.6-11
> xserver-svga: 3.3.6-11
> xfs: 3.3.6-11

Are you running your font server?  Try:

    ps aux | grep xf[s]
    
...if it doesn't produce any output:

    /etc/init.d/xfs start

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