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Date:      Mon, 21 May 2007 22:52:41 +0200
From:      Dejan Lesjak <dejan.lesjak@ijs.si>
To:        freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, gkapet@math.uoc.gr
Subject:   Re: "fixed" font problem
Message-ID:  <200705212252.42099.dejan.lesjak@ijs.si>
In-Reply-To: <45894.147.52.67.182.1179778577.squirrel@www.math.uoc.gr>
References:  <45894.147.52.67.182.1179778577.squirrel@www.math.uoc.gr>

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On Monday 21 May 2007 22:16:17 Giorgos Kapetanakis wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> I just updated my xorg to version 7.2 following the procedure described in
> UPDATING.
>
> Everything compiled OK, but running xorgcfg (or startx) gives
>
> Fatal server error:
> could not open default font 'fixed'
> Cannot connect to X server
>
> I have installed (and updated) all the xorg-fonts* ports, and the
> font-alias port. I also have tried deinstalling and reinstalling the
> xorg-font* ports.

xorg-font* are metaports, they don't actually (re)install anything. 
Reinstalling font-* ports might make a difference.

> Any ideas??
>
> (running FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE)

X server log (most probably /var/log/Xorg.0.log) might show some more clues.

Dejan



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