I was able to solve this problem by reinstalling xfonts-base. The problem is discussed in /usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ.gz at the bottom. My problem was that the /usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/fonts.alias file did not exist on the first install for some reason. The re-install fixed it.
Gerry On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, Ian Stuart wrote: > I did an upgrade to XFree86 4.0.1-4 (..-3 was fine) and now I' can't get X > to start at all. > > I've got the same "Fatal server error: could not open default font > 'fixed'" that others have got. > > I've forced atp to do a reinstall of all the xfonts, freefont and the > gsfonts; i've also forced xserver-xfree86, xfree-common and xutils > > I've tried using the font server xfs (which gives no errors :), specifying > /usr/lib/X11/fonts/<blah>, and a font-server from a red-hat box my > colleage is using (he's also using 4.0.1) > > I've made sure that mkfontdir has been run in each directory. > > I can't locate any X 4.0.1-3 .debs, so I really need a fix :) > (and my boss is hassling me to do some work :) > > Here is the relevent section from my XF86Config file: > ------- include --------- > Section "Files" > # FontPath "unix/:7100" # local font > server > # FontPath "tcp/ceres.ucs.ed.ac.uk:7100" > # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc" > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled" > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled" > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo" > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" > # FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/freefont/" > EndSection > ------- end include ---------- > > and here is the error from startx (run as root, no less!) > > ----- include ------- > Could not init font path element /usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo, removing from > list! > > Fatal server error: > could not open default font 'fixed' > > When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send > the full server output, not just the last messages. > This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log". > Please report problems to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0" > after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining. > ---------- end include ---------- > > --==**==-- > Ian Stuart - University computing services. > --------------------------------- > Truth is what you believe it to be. > I cannot force my facts on you, only make you believe my beliefs. > --------------------------------- > http://lucas.ucs.ed.ac.uk/ > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
