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Re: Fatal X server error.



Chip,

> I am having a problem with startx.  The error message says:
> Fatal server error:
> could not open default font 'fixed'

Do you have the font packages installed, like xfonts-base,
xfonts-75dpi, xfonts-100dpi, xfonts-scalable?

You don't say what version of X you are running, but the versions of
X in woody and sid can handle not having xfs running -- but if it's
not there, the fonts need to be in the hard coded paths.

Chris
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