Mike,
MH> Start up xfs, and it should be fine.
Yours is a RedHat-specific reply. Debian do things more reasonably,
and don't require a font server by default.
MH> I see people with this common problem a lot. In Red Hat Linux,
Your predecessors at RedHat have chosen to unconditionally rely on a
font server, a decision which I personally disagree with. While they
may have had good reasons to do so, you should not assume that this is
the only possible setup.
To answer the OP's question: the error message says that the server
was not able to find the default font. Most probably, the problem is
with the font path being incorrect.
Assuming you are using a font-server-less setup (as you should):
- locate the fixed font on your system, which is usually in
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/ (check fonts.dir);
- add this directory to a FontPath statement in your XF86Config.
If your installation is hosed, it may very well be that there is no
fixed font on the system; in that case, you should install the
relevant font packages.
For more information, please see the README.fonts document included
with the XFree86 distribution. This document assumes a font
server-less installation throughout; if, for some reason, you insist
on running a font server, you are pretty much on your own.
Hope this helps,
Juliusz
P.S. Mike, sorry for the out-of-context quoting. I know it's not
fair, but it was just too tempting.
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