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Re: problems with xfree86 3.3.6



hi ya...

if it used to work...and fails today.... what did you upgrade ??


just remove the "fixed" font entry in your /etc/X11/XF86Config

explicitly define your fonts listed in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/

remove unix/:-1   if you are not running xfs ( font server )

try running 
	X -probeonly   

	and seee if you can get it to say 1024x764 resolution  or higher
	
	- once you get it....cp /etc/X11/XF86Config /etc/X11/XF86Config.works

c ya
alvin

On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, Karsten M. Self wrote:

> on Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 11:13:41AM +0000, Renai LeMay (renail@dumbo.geko.net.au) wrote:
> > I'm running xfree86 3.3.6 under debian potato.
> > 
> > For no reason that I can fathom, this morning I turned on the PC, and tried
> > to 'startx'.
> > 
> > It gave me an error - 
> > 
> > "Fatal server error:
> > could not open default font 'fixed'"
> > 
> > can someone help me with this? It's a work machine so I need it working.
> 
> Search lists or Google, report back after trying what you've found
> there.
> 
> This is a common problem.
> 
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