on Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 11:17:31PM -0700, Adam Rotaru ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Today I upgraded my unstable install, and X stopped working. It > includes X packages 4.1.0-8 (was -7) The messages say that it ignores > most of the X font directories, saying they are 'unreadable'. It then > exits with a fatal error: > > Fatal server error: > could not open default font 'fixed' > > > I tried to only start 'xfs', and it gives similar errors in syslog. I > checked this on a non-upgraded machine, and there it looks OK. So it > is definitely related to the latest packages.
Check list archives for this issue, it's been discussed frequently. The
following was how I fixed it.
I just ran across the "cannot find font 'fixed'" on a Woody box running
XF86v4. I found the following made a difference.
In /usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/fonts.alias was the line:
fixed -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-100-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
Checking with xfontsel, this font wasn't available. However:
fixed -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-100-100-100-c-60-iso8859-1
...works, and provides a 'fixed' font.
Peace.
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