From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 26 19:34:05 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 238EC16A41F for ; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 19:34:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cchin@ack.Berkeley.EDU) Received: from malcolm.berkeley.edu (malcolm.Berkeley.EDU [128.32.206.239]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6BAC43D45 for ; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 19:34:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cchin@ack.Berkeley.EDU) Received: from malcolm.berkeley.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by malcolm.berkeley.edu (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j7QJY4a4038161 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 26 Aug 2005 12:34:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cchin@ack.Berkeley.EDU) Received: from localhost (cchin@localhost) by malcolm.berkeley.edu (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) with ESMTP id j7QJY4wx038158; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 12:34:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cchin@ack.Berkeley.EDU) X-Authentication-Warning: malcolm.berkeley.edu: cchin owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 12:34:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Christopher Chin To: Eric Anholt In-Reply-To: <1125081688.1802.1.camel@leguin> Message-ID: <20050826122849.L36214@malcolm.berkeley.edu> References: <20050826110038.X35293@malcolm.berkeley.edu> <1125081688.1802.1.camel@leguin> X-Java-Level: Decaf MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.6 (malcolm.berkeley.edu [127.0.0.1]); Fri, 26 Aug 2005 12:34:04 -0700 (PDT) Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fonts.alias part of xorg-server installation? X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 19:34:05 -0000 Today at 11:41 (-0700), Eric Anholt wrote: > Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 11:41:28 -0700 > From: Eric Anholt > To: Christopher Chin > Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: fonts.alias part of xorg-server installation? > > On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 11:04 -0700, Christopher Chin wrote: >> Howdy.... >> >> Starting from scrtach because of a dead hard drive, and I >> just installed 6.8.2 (running FreeBSD 5.4-rel, I used >> portinstall to add xorg-server-6.8.2_3). >> >> I can't start the server b/c of the popular "could not >> open default font 'fixed'". >> >> I understand that my fonts/misc/fonts.alias is missing >> but I'd like to know if it's part of the release, or if >> I'm *supposed* to add this by hand? I hate hacking this >> early in the revival process. >> >> I figured it should be part of the release, and even >> just reinstalled ('portupgrade -R -f xorg-server') >> but still no fonts.alias file.... >> >> Is there another port/package I should be adding? > > If you want to run Xorg without knowing exactly what set of pieces you > need, install the "xorg" package. You need more than just a server for > an X setup. Notably, for the font "fixed" issue, you need > xorg-fonts-miscbitmaps. Thanks, Eric! I thought about doing the entire xorg distribution, but didn't want to bloat with things I didn't want/need. I did have all the other pieces I needed, 'cept for the miscbitmaps. Oddly, I overlooked that when I was perusing /usr/ports/x11-fonts for my solution. Many thanks! All happy on this front now. .... but I'm wondering if miscbitmaps shouldn't be marked as a dependency for server? Thanks, - Christopher ======================