-----Original Message----- From: Alan Coopersmith [mailto:alan.coopersmith@xxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 2:17 AM To: cckuo Cc: 'Jeremy C. Reed'; xfree86@xxxxxxxxxxx; xorg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: could not open default font 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. > > _______________________________________________ > xorg mailing list > xorg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg > > _______________________________________________ > xorg mailing list > xorg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
