as root
cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc
mkfontdir

this resolved my problem in the past

--- Chuck Lalli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I was attempting to upgrade some packages from
> cooker (kde & apache), I got a large list of
> dependencies that mandrake update said would be
> installed also.  The update had several failures and
> then after I closed mandrake update and attempted to
> restart it it failed.  I then shutdown and rebooted,
> now X fails to start and when I try startx I get the
> message that " default font "fixed" cannot be found.
>  
> 
> What have I done ?  Can it be fixed with out a
> complete reinstall? 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Chuck
> 

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