could not open default font

[Jeremy C. Reed]

On Fri, 28 Jul 2006, cckuo wrote:

> Dear all:
> Below is excerpted from my Xorg.0.log file

Why email xfree86?

> Fatal server error:
> could not open default font 'fixed'
> 
> does that mean I have to download another font file or change my XFree86
> config file?

Do you have the "fixed" font?

For Xorg this is found in the Xorg misc-misc package. Look at the source 
downloads at  http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/font/

Or if you did have XFree86 installed then adjust your FontPath (in your 
xorg.conf) to point to your XFree86 fonts.