Don't know anything about 4.2 but I know that if one specifies the font paths then one must keep a specific sequence in specifying the fonts i.e. a fixed font must be the first (usually misc) Lionel --- Ted Spradley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John Bovey wrote: > > > > Can anyone help? > > > > I have been trying to setup XFree86 4.2 on a Toshiba Tecra 8200. > > I downloaded and built the 4.20 source release and it claims to > > recognise a Trident cyberbladeXPm/8 chipset. It then fails to > > detect the screen resolution (1400x1050) and finally dies with > > > > could not open default font 'fixed' > > > > though I am sure that the fontpath is correct and the fonts are > > installed. > > > > Does anybody know if I need to install the latest CVS release? > > Alternatively, am I likely to be missing something from my XF86Config > > file. > > Finding the fixed font is something that's been working for about ten > years. It's certainly not something that is going to be helped by using > new, untested code. 4.2.0 is the latest release. Look again. > > -- > Remember, more computing power was thrown away last week than existed in > the world in 1982. -- http://www.tom.womack.net/computing/prices.html > _______________________________________________ > Newbie mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
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