On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 10:15:12PM +0200, Raśl Wild-Spain wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I've installed with apt-get the x-window-system package . I've not been able
> to successfully execute Xwindows. When I try to execute startx it says:
> 
> "could not open default font 'fixed'"
> 
> Looking for information about my problem I've found the following
> possibilities:
> 
> * to reinstall xfont-base, 100dpi, 75 dpi
> * to launch xfs manually
> * to revise font paths
> * to reinstall x-window-system
> * to reinstall xfs
> 
> I've tried all and ... nothing!! :-(
> 

What does running "dpkg --audit" tell you?

If all packages are installed and configured, you could try running 
as root, "XFree86 -configure". It may give you a minimally working 
XF86Config-4 that you can tweak into something more useful.

> Very interesting:
> 
> * When executing xfs manually, it says:
> 
>  Starting X font server:xfs
>  /etc/init.d/xfs: line 100: 2224   Aborted
>  start-stop-daemon --start --quiet $SSD_ARGS -- -daemon
>  already running
> 
> * When installing x-window-system package with apt-get I could see the
> following during the configuration process:
> 
> error processing xfonts-scalable (--configure) error status 127
> 
>  dependency problems prevent configuration of x-window-system core:
> w-window-system-core depends on xfonts-scalable
>  xfonts-scalable isn't configured yet
> 
>  error processing x-window-system-core (--configure)
> 
> * I attach my XF86Config and Xlog for more information
> 
> ... I need your help!! I don't know how more I can do
> 
> thanks in advance,
> 
> Raśl
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]




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