Bug#408627: I keep getting the error message: could not open default font 'fixed'

[Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>]

severity 408627 important
tags 408627 moreinfo
reassign 408627 xserver-xorg
retitle 408627 xserver-xorg: font paths not updated on upgrade to xorg 7.1 in some unspecified case
thanks

On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 13:59:25 +0100, francescoborghesan@inwind.it wrote:

> Package: xorg
> Version: 1:7.1.0-10
> Severity: grave
> 
> I upgraded my Debian etch. Rebooting kdm didn't start and appeared the console. When i gave the "startx" command i had the following error message.
> 
> could not open default font 'fixed'
> 
> I solved the problem as described in http://wiki.x.org/wiki/FAQErrorMessages#head-a570197d15005a2c71cbb5e565114e2c04a573a3
> 
Hi, it's impossible for us to debug your problem if you don't give more
information.  Which packages exactly did you upgrade, from which
versions, and what are the contents of your xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log
before and after upgrade?

Thanks
Julien