Check that your fontserver IS running. ps -ax | more
or ps -ax > procs and look at file 'procs'
you should see 'xfs'
Shane
Michel D�nzer wrote:
>
> On Sun, 2002-07-07 at 19:48, wvl wrote:
> > On Sunday 07 July 2002 17:58, David Brown wrote:
> > > Hello, previously running startx worked ok and mysteriously the server
> > > fails w/ this error posted to /var/log/XFree86.0.log:
> > >
> > > Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list!
> > >
> > > Fatal server error:
> > > could not open default font 'fixed'
> >
> > The error says it all: you're missing some fonts. Check your installation and
> > add packages as necessary. For debian: apt-get install xfonts-base
>
> Or the font server is simply not running for some reason.
>
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> Earthling Michel D�nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
> XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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