could not open default font

[Alan Coopersmith]

First step: figure out if you are using Xorg or XFree86.   They are not the
same and are built & configured a bit differently.   (If you're using xorg.conf
as stated earlier, you can't be using XFree86, but now you stated XF86Config-4
and remaking XFree86.)

"could not open default font 'fixed'" means the font path set in your config
file does not contain a font with the name or alias of "fixed" - that's included
in both the XFree86 & XOrg fonts, so if you've done a full install of either,
then you need to find where the fonts were installed and verify your config file
lists that path.

	-Alan Coopersmith-           alan.coopersmith at sun.com
	 Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering


cckuo wrote:
> I have checked the font path I set in my XF86Config-4 and it seems point to
> the right place.
> I also remake and reinstall my XFree on my machine and the error message is
> still there.
> Does "could not open default font 'fixed' " means there is a font package's
> name with fixed on it and I need to download it to the fontpath?
> 
> Thanks a lot !
> cckuo
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xorg-bounces at lists.freedesktop.org
> [mailto:xorg-bounces at lists.freedesktop.org] On Behalf Of cckuo
> Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 1:30 AM
> To: 'Jeremy C. Reed'
> Cc: xfree86 at xfree86.org; xorg at lists.freedesktop.org
> Subject: RE: could not open default font
> 
> Sorry it's a typo.
> Thanks a lot.
> 
> cckuo
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeremy C. Reed [mailto:reed at reedmedia.net] 
> Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 1:28 AM
> To: cckuo
> Cc: xfree86 at xfree86.org; xorg at lists.freedesktop.org
> Subject: Re: could not open default font
> 
> 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.
> 
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