Bug#181632: acknowledged by developer (Re: Bug#181632: xserver-xfree86: could not open default font 'fixed')
hi there,
i also discovered this (no xfonts-base) and was in the process
of writing it up.
so.
this bug needs to be re-opened, specifically against the
xserver and xfonts-base package dependencies.
if you like i can reissue this as a separate bug.
the bug is:
if you haven't installed xfonts-base and don't _know_ about
xfonts-base, and have no clue as to why it is needed, and it is
missing, how on _earth_ is anyone expected to get their xserver
working?
this is an absolutely critical missing dependency.
no other package that i could find, after spending approximately
eight hours spread out across two days of doing "apt-cache
search" and grepping directories and files, provides the "fixed"
font.
and yet all xservers (xserver-xfree86; xserver-vga16;
xserver-mach32; xserver-svga) depend critically upon that
package, and the xfonts-base package is not included in the
dependencies.
either there is critical missing information, or there is
critical missing dependencies: either way, this is not a bug
that can just be ignored as "another spurious report".
l.
On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 12:03:27PM -0600, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
> This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report
> #181632: xserver-xfree86: could not open default font 'fixed',
> which was filed against the xserver-xfree86 package.
>
> It has been closed by one of the developers, namely
> Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>.
>
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> Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 12:57:38 -0500
> From: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
> To: 181632-done@bugs.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Bug#181632: xserver-xfree86: could not open default font 'fixed'
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> On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 03:08:56PM +0000, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrot=
> e:
> > did an apt-get remove and dpkg --purge on as many
> > x-related packages as i could recall.
>
> It is not clear to me why you did that.
>
> > a probable list
> > of those packages includes:
> > xserver-common, xlibs, xfs, xserver-xfree86, xclients-base,
> > xutils, libgdk3, xdm, fvwm, xfonts-100dpi, xfonts-pem.
>
> =2E..and xfonts-base.
>
> > then downgraded to "stable".
> >=20
> > then reinstalled apt-get install xserver-xfree86 xterm etc.
>
> =2E..but not xfonts-base.
>
> > error message still present:
> > Fatal server error:
> > could not open default font 'fixed'
>
> > reinstalled: apt-get install xserver-xfree86 xterm xutils xdm \
> > xfonts-pem xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi.
>
> I don't see xfonts-base.
>
> > does it work?
> >=20
> > does it heck.
> >=20
> > error message still present:
> > Fatal server error:
> > could not open default font 'fixed'
>
> You need xfonts-base.
>
> > a search on google.com for the above message shows that this
> > error has been encountered before now by people: however none
> > of them are where fonts _clearly_ exist, but just randomly
> > fail to be used.
>
> It appears you made the same mistake most other people make.
>
> You didn't install xfonts-base.
>
> > HELP!!!
>
> Install xfonts-base.
>
> Closing the spurious report.
>
> --=20
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