1.5.21-1: could not open default font 'fixed' bug (Win XP x64)

[Ben Shafer]

After setting the installation setting:

Default Text File Type
to
DOS/text,

and installing the x server,

the server will not start, and places an error in /tmp/XWin.log, saying:

could not open default font 'fixed'

The FAQ has an attempted solution (8.4), but does not note that a third 
reason for the error is simply that Cygwin was installed with DOS/text 
files. I don't think making that selection should cause the x server to die.

For those who have already installed with DOS/text, the solution is to 
run http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe, select Unix/binary file types on 
the third page, and set each of the following packages to Reinstall:
     xorg-x11-f100
     xorg-x11-fcyr
     xorg-x11-fenc
     xorg-x11-fnts
     xorg-x11-fscl

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Ben Shafer
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