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Date:      Mon, 20 Jul 1998 15:26:02 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Leif Neland <root@internet.dk>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: X can't set default font path
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.00.9807201525360.16885-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980717002948.940A-100000@darla.swimsuit.interne t.dk>

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On Fri, 17 Jul 1998, Leif Neland wrote:

> Suddenly, startx fails with the above error message. It worked last night
> at shutdown, now it doesn't.
> 
> I get this, when I run startx:
> 
> 
> failed to set default font path '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,
>  /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,
>  /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,
>  /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,
>  /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/'
> Fatal server error:
> could not open default font 'fixed'
> X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
> 
> (Reformatted.) Please answer directly (too); I can't keep up with the
> list.

Try running `mkfontdir' and ensure that the listed font directories exist.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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