Subject: Re: help - can't get X11 running
To: None <port-atari@netbsd.org>
From: Thomas Gerner <thomas@murmel.camelot.de>
List: port-atari
Date: 08/20/1998 23:49:02
Hello,
On Thu, Aug 20, 1998 at 10:00:06AM +0000, cpepper@atari-computer.de wrote:
> I'm just trying to get X-Windows running on my Falcon.
> All what I get is a nice-looking white screen for about
> half a second, and then the message
> "could not set default font path" followed by a quite
> long list of the (existing) font paths.
> As a result, the X server cannot get its default font and
> stops.
I guess you are using compressed fonts. The currently released X-Servers
don't support compressed fonts. Unpack the fonts using gezip ant then
run mkfontdir in the font directories.
> I'm using NetBSD1.3.2, csh, and I had to add manually a
> "set path=($path /usr/X11R6/bin)" line to start the X server
Add this to your .cshrc and you never must add this manually.
> Has anybody an idea what I'm doing wrong?
> Is there a special mailing list for newbies/idiots like me?
No. There is no special mailing list, but one can always ask here.
Thomas
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