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

["francescoborghesan@inwind.it" <francescoborghesan@inwind.it>]

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>From      : "Julien Cristau" jcristau@debian.org
To          : "francescoborghesan@inwind.it" francescoborghesan@inwind.it, 408627@bugs.debian.org
Cc          :
Date      : Sat, 27 Jan 2007 14:22:31 +0100
Subject : Re: Bug#408627: I keep getting the error message: could not open default font 'fixed'







> 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
>

I cannot tell you what was the original situation. I can give you the old xorg.conf but i cannot tell you the axect version of the packages and i cannot find the old the xorg.0.log. The packages were anyway part of 7.0 xorg version.
the xorg fonts packages involved in the dist-upgrade are:


x11-common to 1:7.1.0-10
xserver-xorg to 1:7.1.0-10
xserver-xorg-common to 2:1.1.1-15
x-ttcidfont-conf to 25
xfonts-base to 1:1.0.0-4
xfonts-100dpi to 1:1.0.0-3
xfonts-75dpi to 1:1.0.0-3
xfonts-scalable to 1:1.0.0-6
xfonts-encodings to 1:1.0.0-6
xfonts-utils to 1:1.0.1-1
x11proto-fontcache-dev to 0.1.2-4
x11proto-fonts-dev to 2.0.2-5

xorg.conf.back was the old one (i've copied it by a slackware 10.1. It was originated through xorgconfig)
xorg.conf is the file i use now. It comes from xorg.conf.back (i've just modified the fonts paths to solve the problem)
xorg.conf.just-after-upgrading is the file originated by debian. With it startx failed and gave me that error message. I changed it with xorg.conf file allegated

I hope i've helped you enough
bye
Francesco






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