Here's the equivalent section from my XF86Config (using X4) Section "Files" RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" FontPath "unix/:7101" FontPath "unix/:7100" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc" EndSection It seems to work fine: 7101 are TT fonts, 7100 the standard fonts, and an explicit path is given for the 'misc' default font.
Try the TrueType Fonts in Debian mini HOWTO http://www.dimensional.com/~bgiles/debian-tt.html Cheers Tiarnan