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Re: Can't startx due t fixed fonts



Jason Scheffler, 2002-Jan-26 21:52 -0400:
> Everytime I go to startx I get the error message that it can't find Fixed 
> Fonts and x dies. Apparently this is a known problem and there is a fix for 
> it. But after 2 hours of searching all I have is a headache.  I've poked 
> around in XF86Config but there was nothing there about fixed fonts either.
> 
> Anyone know what the fix is and if so could you tell me.
> 
> Thanks
> Jason

I've run into this sort of issue before and it turned out I
didn't have the font installed.  Make sure you have at least 
xfonts-base, xfonts-100dpi and xfonts scalable installed.

jc

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Jeff Coppock		Systems Engineer
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