Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed'

[Marcos Cunha]

Problem workarounded...

The cause? Every file under "misc" contains nothing, as gzipped during the
make process.

Follows the quote of a forum, that helped me to solve the problem... (I cp´d
my fonts from the X11 r7.3 that stills on another dir)


*can't open default font "fixed" (problem solved,it's so silly)*
------------------------------
it is about the xorg-7.4 and the fonts,when you trying to start X,it says it
can't found the font "fixed",and if you cat /etc/x11/xorg.conf ,you will
find the path are there and the files are there,and after endless
google<http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-from-scratch-13/cant-open-default-font-fixed-problem-solvedits-so-silly-685862/#>
won't
help,it's a nightmare.

later i found the problem is the font were never there,yes,they appears to
be there,but they were empty files,so what the hell is going on?
try compile and make,you will find the misc fonts give this :
t <filename> | gzip > <filename>.gz
bash:t :command not found.
so we get lot of gziped file on the directory and they were all empty.
i don't know if it's a bug,it's so silly,i just greped some fonts files from
ubuntu and cp it to the path directory,and X worked.

so guys ,be aware,if you have the same problem,check this out.


And... last question. Which the HECK is "t"??? :S


On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Marcos Cunha <kinhocunha at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> I did the "fc-cache -frv" and it came out with this output:
>
> root at lfs:~# fc-cache -frv
> /usr/share/fonts: caching, 0 fonts, 2 dirs
> /usr/share/fonts/X11-OTF: caching, 0 fonts, 0 dirs
> /usr/share/fonts/X11-TTF: caching, 12 fonts, 0 dirs
> /usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts: caching, 0 fonts, 10 dirs
> /usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi: caching, 0 fonts, 0 dirs
> /usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi: caching, 0 fonts, 0 dirs
> /usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/OTF: caching, 0 fonts, 0 dirs
> /usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo: caching, 0 fonts, 0 dirs
> /usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/TTF: caching, 12 fonts, 0 dirs
> /usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/Type1: caching, 29 fonts, 0 dirs
> /usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic: caching, 0 fonts, 0 dirs
> /usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/encodings: caching, 0 fonts, 1 dirs
> /usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/encodings/large: caching, 0 fonts, 0 dirs
> /usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/misc: caching, 0 fonts, 0 dirs
> /usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/util: caching, 0 fonts, 0 dirs
> /root/.fonts: skipping, no such directory
> /var/cache/fontconfig: cleaning cache directory
> /root/.fontconfig: not cleaning unwritable cache directory
> fc-cache: succeeded
> root at lfs:~#
>
> It did not found any font at the .../misc so it couldn´t find the "fixed"
> font...
>
> Now I need to know how the fc-cache generates the cache and fix it... any
> help would be appreciated :)
>
> Thx In Adv
>
> On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Felix Miata <mrmazda at ij.net> wrote:
>
>> On 2008/12/09 02:18 (GMT-0300) Marcos Cunha composed:
>> ...
>> Maybe http://lists.mandriva.com/cooker/2008-05/msg00940.php will point
>> you to
>> a solution.
>> --
>> "Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor
>> in vain."                       Psalm 127:1 NIV
>>
>>  Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409
>>
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>
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> Marcos S Cunha
> Ciência da Computação, Universidade Salvador
> Programador e Webdesigner - Freelancer
>
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>
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> Linux User # 434123
>



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Marcos S Cunha
Ciência da Computação, Universidade Salvador
Programador e Webdesigner - Freelancer

MSN e Talk: kinhocunha at gmail.com
Cel.: +55 71 8135 8340

"Hackerism exploits everything."
Linux User # 434123
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