On Mon, 20 Sep 2004, Tim Gee wrote: > (I'm sorry I probably don't have the threading right since I'm not a > subscriber.)
FWIW, see <http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-09/msg00989.html>. > Thanks for the help. I fixed my problem using the FAQ, but I'm not sure > that the FAQ is completely right. The process of unmounting and > reinstalling worked, but the diagnostic info seemed off. When the > problem was occurring, the fonts directory appeared to be mounted > correctly in binary mode, and the files were present. Are you saying that you've applied the FAQ fix (which simply told you to re-mount the fonts directory in binmode) and it worked for you, even though "mount" showed the fonts directory *already* mounted in binmode? BTW, another directory that needs to be binmode-mounted is /tmp, otherwise some X utilities (e.g., xkb, but there are probably others) won't work. HTH, Igor > Included are version info (cygcheck.out), error output (startx.out), and > the mount info (mount.out). All of the included results are before I > applied the FAQ fix. > > Again thanks. > > > > On Sun, 12 Sep 2004, Mark Gottselig wrote: > > > > > Hi, I received this error, and am enclosing th contects of XWin.log. > > > If there is anything else that I can do, please let me know. > > > > > > Greven > > > > > > Welcome to the XWin X Server > > > [snip] > > > Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' > > > > Have you, by chance, looked at the FAQ before sending the report? > > <http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-error-font-eof>. > > Igor > > > > I've had this problem also with a recent install attempt.? Also, I have > > looked at the FAQ, and I'm not sure what to do since the mount point > > appears valid, there are many files present at > > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/. Specifically there are about 400 at > > /usr/X11R6/libX11/fonts. > > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > How do you know the mount point is valid? The FAQ explicitly states > that the fonts directory has to be mounted as a *binary* mount -- is > that the case on your system? Please review and follow the Cygwin > problem reporting guidelines at <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>. > Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "Happiness lies in being privileged to work hard for long hours in doing whatever you think is worth doing." -- Dr. Jubal Harshaw