Re: X has died in sid
On Mon, 2002-02-18 at 10:27, Patrick Kirk wrote:
> >
> >reinstall cfonts-75dpi xfonts-100dpi and xfonts-base
> >
> That was the firs tthing I did after searching on Google for similiar problems.
>
> No joy though.
>
> phasar:~# apt-get install xfonts-base xfonts-75dpi xfonts-100dpi
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> Sorry, xfonts-base is already the newest version.
> Sorry, xfonts-75dpi is already the newest version.
> Sorry, xfonts-100dpi is already the newest version.
> 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> phasar:~#
>
Which means you din t do anything. In order to reinstall you need
apt-get install --reinstall <package>
without the --reinstall it will not reinstall.
> >
> >There is a debconf thing that install a first version of XF86Config-4
> >And usually even the "simple" method choosen at install time gives you
> >nearly correct XF86Config-4 file which just needs some fine tuning.
> >through
> >
> There is no reference to fixed fonts in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 so I
> don't understand how editting it will allow me to startx.
> HAve I misunderstood something or missed some basic detail?
This was unrelated to the fonts problem, you were genrally complaining
about the X installation.
Michel.
>
> >vi /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 works great.
> >
> >
> >Michel.
> >>
> >> Fatal server error:
> >> could not open default font 'fixed'
> >>
>
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