Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 03:53:04 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Andriy Babiy <ABabiy@shaw.ca> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, FreeBSD-questions <FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: xorg 7.2 start problem Message-ID: <20070523075304.GA28763@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <200705230047.28763.ABabiy@shaw.ca> References: <200705211823.29943.ABabiy@shaw.ca> <"56016.2001:6f8:101e:0:20e:cff:fe6d:6adb.1179824650.squirrel"@webmail.alpha-tierchen.de> <200705230047.28763.ABabiy@shaw.ca>
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On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 12:47:28AM -0700, Andriy Babiy wrote: > > You need at least the following ports: > > > > x11-drivers/xf86-video-mga > > x11-drivers/xf86-input-mouse > > x11-drivers/xf86-input-keyboard > > I wanted to thank everybody who helped me. I added those ports, and that > fixed the problem I had before. So, I was able to issue: > X -configure > and obtain xorg.conf.new file. I checked the configuration and found that > the hardware was recognized without errors. The pathes were changed > to /usr/local accordingly. > > But when I issue: > X -config /root/xorg.conf.new > > the X server doesn't start; it fails with the message: > > Fatal server error: > could not open default font 'fixed' > > I checked xorg.conf.new and found that the pathes to appropriate fonts are > listed there, namely: > > xorg-fonts-100dpi-7.2 > xorg-fonts-75dpi-7.2 > xorg-fonts-cyrillic-7.2 > xorg-fonts-miscbitmaps-7.2 > xorg-fonts-truetype-7.2 > xorg-fonts-type1-7.2 > > I checked all the directories; they exist, and their contents exist. I > tried mkfontdir in each of them, but it changed nothing. > > Maybe, you could advise me what I need to do in order to resolve it, apart > from rebuilding the whole thing. Thank you very much in advance! I guess you missed the several replies (and the note in UPDATING) telling you to install the xorg port to obtain a complete xorg installation. Kris
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