SOLUTION to "could not open default font 'fixed'" error (X under Cygwin)
How I solved the "could not open default font 'fixed'" error when starting XWindows under Cygwin: One has to install the full font package Xfnts.tgz I found the Xfnts.tgz here: http://dir.filewatcher.com/d/Other/binaries/Cygwin/Xfnts.tgz.16634489.html Step 1: Under the root of cygwin create a directory /manual_downloads (for example) and download the above file into this directory Step 2: unpack the above file manually into the right directory as follows: cd /usr/X11R6 tar -xvzf /manual_downloads/Xfnts.tgz Step 3: see if there is a .xinitrc file in your home directory: cd ls -l .xinitrc Step 4: if there is no .xinitrc in your home directory (see step 3 above) then do the following: cp /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc ~/.xinitrc Step 5: start X as follows: startx Now it should work... :-) -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/