Re: X doesn't run -- fixed font not found

[Stuart Luscombe <stuart@ubersecksie.co.uk>]

On Sat, Oct 20, 2001 at 10:42:10AM -0700, Adam Rotaru wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 11:17:31PM -0700, Adam
> Rotaru > wrote:
> > > Today I upgraded my unstable install, and X
> stopped
> > > working.  It includes X packages 4.1.0-8 (was -7)
> 
> > Woohoo!!!  So it's not just me.  Alright, we gotta
> make some comparisons
> > here.  1) Did you reboot your computer at all after
> the upgrade? 2) Are
> > you running a font server? 3) Are you using an ext3
> filesystem?
> 
> 1) Yes, the problem occured after a reboot.
> 2) Yes, I run xfs.  I tried it with and without, even
> with xfs-ttf, no difference
> 3) No, I'm using ext2.
> 
> I do use xfonts-base, xfonts-75dpi, xfonts-100dpi,
> xfonts-75dpi-transcoded, xfonts-100dpi-transcoded,
> xfonts-biznet.
> 
> I tries so many thing, reinstalled X packages and font
> packages from testing (4.1.0-7), but still the same.
> I strace-d xfs, but no clue.  It reads the fonts.dir
> and fonts.alias files, and then decided that the
> directory is unreadable.  
> 
> Finally I managed the solve it this way: I noticed
> Type1 and Speedo fond dirs are OK, copied all font
> files from misc to Type1, run update-fonts-dir and
> -alias a couple of time, (also copied
> /etx/X11/fonts/misc/xfonts-base... to ../Type1).
> First the effect was that Type1 got unreadable too,
> but after several tries it worked, and got the 'fixed'
> font from my hacked Type1 directory.  I can't explain
> what is going on.
> It still can't read my misc, 75dpi, 100dpi
> directories.
> 
> BTW, both xfs and xfs-ttf give errors in syslog when I
> start them, of the form:
> 
> localhost xfs: ignoring font path element
> /usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/ (unreadable)
> 
> --Adam

I am getting a similar problem. I am getting the message:

Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/, removing from list!

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

any ideas on this one??

--
Stuart