Subject: Re: Problem with 1.3.2 and X
To: Chris Jewell <jewell@jewellce.es.dupont.com>
From: Colin Wood <cwood@ichips.intel.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 10/08/1998 14:03:01
Chris Jewell wrote:
> I tried to set up X windows with 1.3.2 and I get the following errors when
> I try to start up X:
> 
> *******************************************************************************
> Screen 0 at 0xfc000020, 640 by 480, 8 bpp, rowB 1024, fbbase 0xfc000020.
> failed to set default font path '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/'
> Fatal server error:
> could not open default font 'fixed'
> X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
> 
> 
> *********************************************************************************
> 
> Why is this happening?

sounds to me like you either didn't install the xfont.tgz distrib set, or
else managed to install it to the wrong place (i.e. somewhere other than
/usr/X11R6)

i hope this helps.

later.

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Colin Wood                                 cwood@ichips.intel.com
Component Design Engineer - PMD                 Intel Corporation
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