I had this problem recently, and I believe that the solution may be to reinstall the X fonts. The new xserver expects to find gzipped fonts, and it is probably finding .Z files instead. Just download the various xfnt*.deb packages, install them, and you'll be back in business.
Rikki Hall On Thu, 16 Oct 1997, Daniel J. Mashao wrote: > I was once again tempted to upgrade my xserver and all hell broke loose. > Now I cannot get into X any more. > The server fails with the message: > __ > Fatal server error: > could not open default font 'fixed' > -- > > I am hoping that someone might speedily help me. This is a production > machine and I need to run in X. > I did not provide all other details because i think someone migh easily > recognize the error message. > > /----------------------------------------------------------------------------/ > Daniel J. Mashao -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ee.uct.ac.za/~daniel > /----------------------------------------------------------------------------/ > > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > ******************************************************************************* Please dispose of this message properly ******************************************************************************* -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
