To quote "Cameron Matheson" <mkarl1@qwest.net>,
# Hey,
#
# I just finished compiling X4.0.2, but now when I try to run it, it
says:
#
# Fatal server error:
# could not open default font 'fixed'
a) Used packaged wherever possible. Compiled-from-source packages are
are *much* better than just doing a './configure; make; make install'.
b) You need the "xfonts-base" package.
David Barclay Harris, Clan Barclay
Aut agere, aut mori. (Either action, or death.)