First step: figure out if you are using Xorg or XFree86. They are not the
same and are built & configured a bit differently. (If you're using xorg.conf
as stated earlier, you can't be using XFree86, but now you stated XF86Config-4
and remaking XFree86.)
"could not open default font 'fixed'" means the font path set in your config
file does not contain a font with the name or alias of "fixed" - that's included
in both the XFree86 & XOrg fonts, so if you've done a full install of either,
then you need to find where the fonts were installed and verify your config file
lists that path.
-Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith@xxxxxxx
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
cckuo wrote:
I have checked the font path I set in my XF86Config-4 and it seems point to
the right place.
I also remake and reinstall my XFree on my machine and the error message is
still there.
Does "could not open default font 'fixed' " means there is a font package's
name with fixed on it and I need to download it to the fontpath?
Thanks a lot !
cckuo
-----Original Message-----
From: xorg-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:xorg-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of cckuo
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 1:30 AM
To: 'Jeremy C. Reed'
Cc: xfree86@xxxxxxxxxxx; xorg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: could not open default font
Sorry it's a typo.
Thanks a lot.
cckuo
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeremy C. Reed [mailto:reed@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 1:28 AM
To: cckuo
Cc: xfree86@xxxxxxxxxxx; xorg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: could not open default font
On Fri, 28 Jul 2006, cckuo wrote:
Dear all:
Below is excerpted from my Xorg.0.log file
Why email xfree86?
Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'
does that mean I have to download another font file or change my XFree86
config file?
Do you have the "fixed" font?
For Xorg this is found in the Xorg misc-misc package. Look at the source
downloads at http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/font/
Or if you did have XFree86 installed then adjust your FontPath (in your
xorg.conf) to point to your XFree86 fonts.
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