Re: missing X font

[Andreas Janssen <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com>]

Hello

ml-debian_user@rabid-hamster.com (<ml-debian_user@rabid-hamster.com>)
wrote:

> When I run startx, I get the following error:
> Fatal server error:
> could not open default font 'fixed';
> the X server's font paths might be misconfigured, remote font
> server(s) may be unreachable, and/or local fonts may not be installed
> or are not configured correctly.

Install x-window-system-core, that should pull all necessary fonts,
libraries and so on. If the package is installed, try reinstalling the
xfonts.*-packages. Make sure that you have the necessary FontPath
entries in your X configuration file.

best regards
        Andreas Janssen

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