Dear all: After typing the following message on my debian system, it works. apt-get --reinstall install xfonts-base But I only type XFree86. Does xfs will execute by Xserver or actually I don't need it at all? thanks all of your reply, thanks a lot!! cckuo -----Original Message----- From: xfree86-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xfree86-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alfred Hovdestad Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 2:33 AM To: xfree86@xxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Re: could not open default font Does XFree use the xfs daemon? Is xfs running? Alfred Hovdestad Alan Coopersmith wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
