tag 253806 + moreinfo thanks On Fri, Jun 11, 2004 at 10:16:04AM +0200, Floris Kraak wrote: > Package: xvfb > Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 > Severity: important > > Xvfb fails to start, complaining about the 'fixed' font. The recommendations > made in /usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ.gz have been followed as suggested > by the package, (including checking font dirs in /etc/XF86Config and > reinstalling xfonts-base) but to no avail. Using strace yields the > information > that Xvfb _is_ reading the fonts.dir where the 'fixed' font is supposed to be > living but somehow still fails to find the actual font. [...] > open("/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/fonts.alias", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No > such file or directory)
There's your problem. I suspect xfonts-base failed to configure; another package which dumps fonts into /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc failed to configure; or another package which dumps fonts into /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc is horrendously broken. I have a few questions that may help track the problem down: 1) What does "dpkg -s xfonts-base" say? 2) If you reinstall xfonts-base, does the problem go away? 3) Are any other packages shipping files in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc? dpkg -S usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc 4) Is anything other than an official Debian package putting stuff in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc? -- G. Branden Robinson | Debian GNU/Linux | Yeah, that's what Jesus would do. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Jesus would bomb Afghanistan. Yeah. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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