hi ya...
if it used to work...and fails today.... what did you upgrade ??
just remove the "fixed" font entry in your /etc/X11/XF86Config
explicitly define your fonts listed in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/
remove unix/:-1 if you are not running xfs ( font server )
try running
X -probeonly
and seee if you can get it to say 1024x764 resolution or higher
- once you get it....cp /etc/X11/XF86Config /etc/X11/XF86Config.works
c ya
alvin
On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> on Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 11:13:41AM +0000, Renai LeMay ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> wrote:
> > I'm running xfree86 3.3.6 under debian potato.
> >
> > For no reason that I can fathom, this morning I turned on the PC, and tried
> > to 'startx'.
> >
> > It gave me an error -
> >
> > "Fatal server error:
> > could not open default font 'fixed'"
> >
> > can someone help me with this? It's a work machine so I need it working.
>
> Search lists or Google, report back after trying what you've found
> there.
>
> This is a common problem.
>
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