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Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-error-font-eof -ArielMT On Thu, 2008-05-15 at 00:19 +0200, Krzysztof Syryczynski wrote: > I have reinstalled xorg-x11-fnts (and everything in X11). > There are many fonts in directories > C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\lib\X11\fonts\75dpi and 100dpi. > But "Start X server" still crashes with the same fatal error. > Directory /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/, which is mention in Xwin.log, > does not exist. > > > You'd need to install the x11 fonts. > > xorg-x11-fnts for example. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
