Bug#384273: xfonts-base: xorg wont start could not open default cursor font 'cursor
On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 01:59:47PM -0400, mlaks wrote:
> Subject: xfonts-base: xorg wont start could not open default cursor font 'cursor'
> Package: xfonts-base
> Version: 1:1.0.0-3
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
>
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> I did a fresh install of etch using business card disk, installed
> desktop packages.
> I then upgraded to sid
> from etch. I had a working X initially through the point of the
> dist-upgrade.
>
> In fact X continued to work until I did a reboot (I did a reboot because
> of a reinstall of linux-image-2.6.16, and system warning reboot
> neccessary because of reinstall of same kernel).
>
> Now after reboot X wont start with error message in X.log
>
> Fatal server error:
> could not open default cursor font 'cursor'
>
> Now I did a apt-get remove --purge xfont-base
> and I get an error message
>
> warning: /usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc does not exist or is not a directory
> warning: /etc/X11/fonts/misc does not exist or is not a directory
> warning: /usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc does not exist or is not a directory
>
> and same sort of message with
> apt-get install xfont-base.
>
> These directories are present on other sid machines I have.
> They have files such as
> 1)
> ls /usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc
> fonts.alias fonts.cache-1
>
> 2)
> ls /etc/X11/fonts/misc
> xfonts-base.alias
>
> This absence seems to be the source of my problems. What can I do to solve them?
>
> Is this a bug in xfonts-base?
I've just uploaded a new set of xfonts* packages with fixes from Eugene
Konev to unstable. They're in incoming.debian.org right now, or you can
wait for them to be pushed to your mirror. Could you install those and let
us know if this bug can be closed? Thanks!
- David Nusinow
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