On Wed, Oct 18, 2000 at 06:11:00PM -0700, Michael Abraham Shulman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, > > I just upgraded a bunch of packages to unstable and now my X server > dies saying > > Fatal server error: > could not open default font 'fixed' > > I don't even know what package this problem is in. I tried downgrading > xserver-common, xfs, and xserver-svga, but that didn't fix the problem. > Can anyone suggest where the problem is? I can send more detailed info > but I don't know what is relevant. > > xserver-common: 3.3.6-11 > xserver-svga: 3.3.6-11 > xfs: 3.3.6-11
Are you running your font server? Try:
ps aux | grep xf[s]
...if it doesn't produce any output:
/etc/init.d/xfs start
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