On 1999-01-01 20:52, Torsten Landschoff wrote: > On Thu, Dec 31, 1998 at 12:03:33PM -0600, me wrote: > > > > After re-installing X11, (with all new fonts) -- 'frozen' distro, I still > > get the same error: > > > > "could not open default font 'fixed'" > > > > but: > > locate fixed gives "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/fixed.pcf.gz." > > > > "/etc/X11/XF86Config" shows this path as well, so I know I have the font. > > > > What should I do? > > Did you try to call mkfontdir for that directory? The installation of X11 > should do that automatically but there might be a bug in frozen.
I did but the fontdir file was not created and there was no error messages. I removed the font server entry in /etc/X11/XF86Config which seemed to fix the problems (for whatever reason). /Allan -- Allan M. Wind Phone: 781.938.5272 (home) 687 Main St., 2nd fl. Fax: 781.938.6641 (home) Woburn, MA 01801 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home)