Hi, I suddenly began getting the error message:
A fatal error has occured and Cygwin/X will now exit. Please open /tmp/XWin.log for more information. The trailing part of /tmp/XWin.log mentions the following: Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' Looks like this problem has already been mentioned in the following FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-error-font-eof Unfortunately, following the procedure outlined there didn't seem to help. I tried: 1. $ mount C:\Programs\cygwin\bin on /usr/bin type system (binmode) C:\Programs\cygwin\lib on /usr/lib type system (binmode) C:\Programs\cygwin on / type system (binmode) c: on /c type system (binmode) 2. $ umount /usr/share/fonts/ umount: /usr/share/fonts/: No such file or directory 2. Reinstalling all the font-* packages by running setup.exe. Just to be on the safe side, I re-installed everything in the X11 category which was marked as "Keep". Even after following all these steps, startxwin.bat still reports the same error. One strange thing I noticed is that the /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 directory does not contain a fonts/ subdirectory. Is that normal? If not, how do I recreate it? Elsewhere, I read that anti-virus softwares, firewall etc end up messing things. So I disabled Symantec Client Firewall and Norton Anti Virus. Still the same story. Is there anything else I can try? Thanks, Srinath -- 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/