server error

[john gennard <joney@clara.co.uk>]

I've just re-installed Potato 2.2 r4 (following changes to hard disks) -this
is something I have not done for a long time as I don't have crashes. Now 
I have a problem not encountered before.

When trying to 'startx', I get the following error message:-

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

I can make no sense of this and don't know what is involved. So far as I 
can remember I followed  a normal minmal install and then used apt-get 
for my main programs including KDE.

Can anyone point the way please and also if possible explain what is
(or is not) involved.

John.