On Sun, Aug 24, 2003 at 03:07:48PM -0700, Aaron Bockover wrote: > Hello, > > I recently compiled XFree86 4.3.0.1 on Debian. The build went rather > smoothly, with a few minor dependency problems, but those were easy to > resolve. Once installed, I set up a basic XF86Config file, but am > getting the following error when trying to start X (through startx, and > xinit). > > Fatal server error: > could not open default font 'fixed'
I have seen this problem before; you're missing the package that has that font in it. Probably xfonts-base or xfonts-75dpi. Corey > > I have checked all of the font paths in XF86Config, and have tried some > of the resolutions documented on news groups and web sites through > searching Google. Some of these resolutions included: > > - Ensuring that /tmp was not full, and chmod 777 > - Ensuring that the system locales and X11 locales ISO codes matched > (Debian puts a _ or - in the ISO codes, X11 does not). > - Checking the font paths > - Removing any TrueType fonts from the config (which I didn't have anyway) > > So, I'm stuck. I'm using Debian 3.0r1 on a Laptop (ATI Video Card, 16MB > video RAM)... any suggestions? Below is a slightly more detailed XFree86 > dump from /var/log/XFree86.0.log, and also my XF86Config file. > > Many thanks, > Aaron Bockover > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----XFree86.0.log---- > ... > (II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR > PEXExtensionInit: Couldn't open default PEX font file Roman_M > (**) Option "Protocol" "auto" > (**) Mouse0: Protocol: "auto" > (**) Option "CorePointer" > (**) Mouse0: Core Pointer > (**) Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" > (**) Mouse0: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50 > (==) Mouse0: Buttons: 3 > (II) Keyboard "Keyboard0" handled by legacy driver > (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse0" (type: MOUSE) > (--) Mouse0: PnP-detected protocol: "ImPS/2" > (II) Mouse0: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded > > Fatal server error: > could not open default font 'fixed' > ----End---- > > ----XF86Config---- > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "XFree86 Configured" > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > EndSection > > Section "Files" > RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" > ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" > EndSection > > Section "Module" > Load "extmod" > Load "dbe" > Load "dri" > Load "glx" > Load "record" > Load "pex5" > Load "xtrap" > Load "xie" > Load "speedo" > Load "type1" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Keyboard0" > Driver "keyboard" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Mouse0" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "auto" > Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Monitor0" > VendorName "Monitor Vendor" > ModelName "Monitor Model" > EndSection > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Card0" > Driver "vesa" > VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc" > BoardName "Radeon Mobility M6 LY" > BusID "PCI:1:0:0" > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > Device "Card0" > Monitor "Monitor0" > SubSection "Display" > Depth 1 > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 4 > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 8 > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 15 > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 16 > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 24 > EndSubSection > EndSection > > > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
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