RE: first installation,cannot find default font

["Wilfried Mestdagh" <wilfried@mestdagh.biz>]

Francisco,

thank you for reply !

question: when I run apt-get install <package> (is it package ?)  do I do then
not a double installation ? Or does the OS just let me reconfigure it ?

thanks, Wilfried


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Francisco Fialho [mailto:francisco.fialho@liveware.com.br]
> Sent: dinsdag 25 juni 2002 18:33
> To: Wilfried Mestdagh
> Cc: debian mailing list
> Subject: Re: first installation,cannot find default font
>
>
> Wilfried Mestdagh wrote:
>
> >Hello,
> >
> >Hum that's the second time I ask a question, and just when I see the mail
> >returning to I foudn the answer. I hope you will forgive that ;-)
> >
> >There is a spelling error in the xf86config program. When it asking
> for the mouse
> >it propose /dev/tty00 and it has to be /dev/ttyS0  (for com1).  Also
> it propose
> >just /dev/mouse but that certainly dont works.
> >
> >I found that desktop start with startx.
> >
> >Also I seems to have only 16 color, but before I ask again in panic I
> will try a
> >little more myself, please forgive me !!
> >
> >rgds, Wilfried
> >
> >
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Wilfried Mestdagh [mailto:wilfried@mestdagh.biz]
> >>Sent: dinsdag 25 juni 2002 16:49
> >>To: debian mailing list
> >>Subject: RE: first installation,cannot find default font
> >>
> >>
> >>Hello,
> >>
> >>Ok I just contunied with ctrl-c and it seemd it installed the
> fonts...  after a
> >>while I got again to fill in all video stuff, and the test seems to
> >>work (except
> >>Icould not move the mouse cursor).
> >>
> >>But when I reboot I come again in the command interpreter. How do I start up
> >>Gnome Desktop ?
> >>
> >>thanks, Wilfried
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>From: Wilfried Mestdagh [mailto:wilfried@mestdagh.biz]
> >>>Sent: dinsdag 25 juni 2002 14:06
> >>>To: debian mailing list
> >>>Subject: first installation,cannot find default font
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Hello,
> >>>
> >>>I try to install Debian on my machine. At the end I have to configure mouse,
> >>>keyboard, video,..  After that is a test witch failed with the
> >>>
> >>>
> >>following error:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Fatal server error:
> >>>Could not open default font 'fixed'
> >>>
> >>>Does this means I have to download/install fonts separately ?  The
> >>>
> >>>
> >>only 'font'
> >>
> >>
> >>>thing that I remember in the questions was if I wanted 75 or 100
> dpi fonts (I
> >>>selected both). Or did I do something teribely wrong ?
> >>>
> >>>note that this is my first experiance with linux, so please be patience ;-)
> >>>
> >>>rgds, Wilfried
> >>>
> >>>
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> Hi Wilfried,
>
> I had those problems when I first installed debian :-)
> which version o Debian are you using?
>
> what I did to correct and configure the video, mouse, etc... was:
>
> 1- I ran the installation;
> 2- Configured apt source.list to my Debian version ( /etc/apt/source.list)
> example: if you are using woody ( change every " stable"  to woody in
> your source.list, if
> you're using potato there's no need to change... and so on...:-))
> 3- gave the following command:  apt-get install x-window-system
> 4- after that I did an apt-get install xserver-xfree86
> 5- answered the questions and configured it! :-)
>
> Now, in this exact moment I'm running Debian Woody - kernel 2.4.18
> using KDE 2.2.x :-) Using the steps above :-)
>
> Any doubts... post it to the list!
>
> regards
>
> Francisco
>
>
>
>
>


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