Bug#397126: xserver-xorg upgrade gives "could not open default font 'fixed'"
> Could not init font path element /usr/local/share/fonts, removing from list!
> Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts, removing from list!
> Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/truetype, removing from list!
> Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/type1, removing from list!
>
> Fatal server error:
> could not open default font 'fixed'
Assuming you do have xfonts-base installed, it looks as though your
font paths are set incorrectly. Could you please tell us what settings
you use (Section "Files" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf) ?
Reconfiguring xserver-xorg to create a new xorg.conf will probably fix
the problem.
Drew
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