* Rafael Hinojosa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010225 22:07]:
> Its a simple problem, but one I should know better to take care of. When
> I initiate X (startx or xinit) the laptop begins to spew a whole bunch of
> information and attempts to start X. It craps out shortly and returns the
> following error:
>
> Fatal server error:
> could not open default font 'fixed'
Some things to try:
% dpkg -s xfonts-base
be sure this package is installed
% grep misc /etc/X11/XF86Config
you need a font path like
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
% ls -l /usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc
all the files in this path need to be world readable
Anyway, try sending the startx output to a file with
startx >somefile 2>&1
to find more information about what is happening.
Cheers,
--
David
