On Mon, 20 Sep 2004, Tim Gee wrote (rearranged for bottom posting): > On Sun, 12 Sep 2004, Mark Gottselig wrote: > > > Hi, I received this error, and am enclosing th contects of XWin.log. > > If there is anything else that I can do, please let me know. > > > > Greven > > > > Welcome to the XWin X Server > > [snip] > > Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' > > Have you, by chance, looked at the FAQ before sending the report? > <http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-error-font-eof>. > Igor > > I’ve had this problem also with a recent install attempt. Also, I have > looked at the FAQ, and I’m not sure what to do since the mount point > appears valid, there are many files present at > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/. Specifically there are about 400 at > /usr/X11R6/libX11/fonts. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
How do you know the mount point is valid? The FAQ explicitly states that the fonts directory has to be mounted as a *binary* mount -- is that the case on your system? Please review and follow the Cygwin problem reporting guidelines at <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>. Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "Happiness lies in being privileged to work hard for long hours in doing whatever you think is worth doing." -- Dr. Jubal Harshaw