On Sun, 25 Nov 2001, Bashar Asad wrote: >Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 02:43:45 +0300 >From: Bashar Asad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" >List-Id: XFree86 Font List <fonts.XFree86.Org> >Subject: [Fonts]Help with fixed fonts > >Hello, >Am getting this error message when running startx on my debian machine am >using xfree86 ver 4.1.0 >I think the top stuff is fine except the fixed font thing...I really don't >know what to do > >(**) Generic Mouse: Protocol: "ImPS/2" >(**) Generic Mouse: always reports core events >(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/mice > No such device. >(EE) Generic Mouse: cannot open input device >(EE) PreInit failed for input device "Generic Mouse" >(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Configured Mouse" (type: MOUSE) > >Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list! > >Fatal server error: >could not open default font 'fixed'
Looks to me like you don't have a running fontserver. Start up xfs, and it should be fine. I see people with this common problem a lot. In Red Hat Linux, this would be done by: "service xfs start" however I'm not sure what the Debian GNU/Linux syntax is for doing so. Could someone let me know so I can give more specific info in the future to Deb'ers? Thanks in advance. TTYL -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike A. Harris Shipping/mailing address: OS Systems Engineer 190 Pittsburgh Ave., Sault Ste. Marie, XFree86 maintainer Ontario, Canada, P6C 5B3 Red Hat Inc. Phone: (705)949-2136 http://www.redhat.com ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris Red Hat XFree86 mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] General open IRC discussion: #xfree86 on irc.openprojects.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Fonts mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/fonts
