Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 22:00:02 +0200 From: Jona Joachim <jaj@hcl-club.lu> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, Gaye Abdoulaye <walsimou@gmail.com> Subject: Re: HEADS UP: xorg 7.2 ready for testing (could not open default font 'fixed' error) Message-ID: <20070520220002.12ebb8e4@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20070520183502.GE41378@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <46507D8F.5020906@gmail.com> <20070520192600.4fffbc51@localhost> <20070520183502.GE41378@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Sun, 20 May 2007 14:35:02 -0400 Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> wrote: > On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 07:26:00PM +0200, Jona Joachim wrote: > > On Sun, 20 May 2007 18:55:43 +0200 > > Gaye Abdoulaye <walsimou@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hello list, > > > 1-I've successfully upgraded my ports tree > > > 2-use /usr/ports/Tools/scripts/mergebase.sh and make required > > > sym-link to /usr/local/lib/X11 > > > 3- run X -configure > > > 4- run X -config xorg.conf.new > > > but i have an error: could not open default font 'fixed' > > > I forgot something? > > > Thnanks > > > > I had the same error. > > Installing the x11-fonts/xorg-fonts port fixed it. > > Did you both check whether you have the xorg metaport installed, per > the note in UPDATING? Some people didn't have it on 6.9 which means > they will miss out on a complete xorg 7.2 installation. That note was not in UPDATING when I upgraded xorg :) No I don't have it, I'll install it after portupgrade -rR "gstreamer*" finishes... pkgdb -F reported a lot of missing dependencies related to X so I ended up writing a script that installs all of them. Thanks for the hint! Jona
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