I fixed this by installing xfonts-base for 7.0 and it fixed it no idea why they were not included with package
On 4/15/06, L. V. Gandhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/15/06, Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 15, 2006 at 15:13:28 -0700, L.V.Gandhi wrote: > > > > > > Today once again I did dist-upgrade. I made mdsum filr for xorg.conf > > > and did dpkg-reconfigure. Still x didn't start. Output as below after > > > keeping only font lines mentioned by you. > > > > It is not clear to me if you set your font paths as per Chris's original > > suggestion, or if you also include the additional path which Anthony > > mentions. Please post the "Files" section of your xorg.conf with all the > > FontPath commands included. > > > > > X Window System Version 7.0.0 > > > Release Date: 21 December 2005 > > > > > > X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.0 > > > Build Operating System:Linux 2.6.12-1-686 i686 > > > Current Operating System: Linux lvgdell600m 2.6.15.20060311 #1 Sat Mar > > > 11 15:57:59 PST 2006 i686 > > > Build Date: 16 March 2006 > > > > [...] > > > > > error opening security policy file /usr/lib/xserver/SecurityPolicy > > > > I don't think this is critical, but just to be sure you could create a > > symlink to the new location of the SecurityPolicy file: > > > > ln -s /etc/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy /usr/lib/xserver/SecurityPolicy > > > > [...] > > > > > Fatal server error: > > > could not open default font 'fixed' > > > XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0" > > > after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining. > > > > > > Excerpts from log > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat bin/xerrorcheck > > > egrep '^\((EE|WW)\)' /var/log/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xerrorcheck > > > (WW) RADEON(0): Failed to detect secondary monitor, MergedFB/Clone mode > > > disabled > > > > I think this is harmless. > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ tail /var/log/Xorg.0.log > > > Synaptics DeviceInit called > > > SynapticsCtrl called. > > > (II) Configured Mouse: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded > > > Synaptics DeviceOn called > > > (--) Synaptics Touchpad auto-dev sets device to /dev/input/event3 > > > (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event3" > > > (--) Synaptics Touchpad touchpad found > > > > > > Fatal server error: > > > could not open default font 'fixed' > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > > > > The problem is that X cannot find the default font which it needs. > > Hopefully you xorg.conf will tell us why this happens. Also check which > > font packages you have currently installed: > > > > dpkg -l xfonts* | grep ^ii > lvgdell600m:/home/lvgandhi# dpkg -l xfonts* | grep ^ii > ii xfonts-100dpi 1.0.0-2 100 dpi fonts for X > ii xfonts-75dpi 1.0.0-2 100 dpi fonts for X > ii xfonts-base 1.0.0-3 standard fonts for X > ii xfonts-encodings 1.0.0-2 Encodings for X.Org fonts > ii xfonts-scalable 1.0.0-4 scalable fonts for X > ii xfonts-terminus 4.16-3 Fixed-width fonts for fast reading > ii xfonts-utils 1.0.0-3 X Window System font utility > programs > lvgdell600m:/home/lvgandhi# > > My files section as follows > Section "Files" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi" > # path to defoma fonts > FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType" > EndSection > > I tried as such and also commenting out lines for misc and cyrillic. > > Further I got > lvgdell600m:/home/lvgandhi# ln -s /etc/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy > /usr/lib/xserver/SecurityPolicy > ln: creating symbolic link `/usr/lib/xserver/SecurityPolicy' to > `/etc/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy': No such file or directory > > following log > lvgdell600m:/home/lvgandhi# bin/xerrorcheck > (WW) RADEON(0): Failed to detect secondary monitor, MergedFB/Clone mode > disabled > lvgdell600m:/home/lvgandhi# tail /var/log/Xorg.0.log > Synaptics DeviceInit called > SynapticsCtrl called. > (II) Configured Mouse: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded > Synaptics DeviceOn called > (--) Synaptics Touchpad auto-dev sets device to /dev/input/event3 > (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event3" > (--) Synaptics Touchpad touchpad found > > Fatal server error: > could not open default font 'fixed' > > I would be thankful if some guidance is coming > -- > L.V.Gandhi > http://lvgandhi.tripod.com/ > linux user No.205042 >
