Ed,
I'm not sure, but the last place that you would want to look would be the
FAQ question that deals specifically with the question that you just asked:
http://xfree86.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-xfree-faq.html#q-error-font-eof
Harold
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> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 11:25 AM
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> Subject: cygwin1.3.3 doesn't work with xfree86
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Since I upgraded Cygwin to the latest release of 1.3.3 I haven't been
> able to get xfree86 to work. Everytime I try to start up xstartwin.bat I
> get the following message:
>
> Fatal server error:
> could not open default font 'fixed'
>
> Has anyone else had this problem?
>
> Rgds,
>
> Ed.
>
>