Hello,
> > fixed -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
sorry, the font I chose for the example was misleading.
Some general things:
X11 opens Font-Files in the directories, which are mentioned in XF86Config file
in the section "Files".
X11 tries to open in each of the directorie file named "fonts.dir" to find out which 
Fonts/Sizes
are saved in each file. For further info try "man mkfontdir"

As You can see, each line of fonts.dir contains "FontFileName  Fontname/Attributes"
X11 needs two Fontnames, cursor and fixed

You need an entry like 
6x12.pcf.gz fixed
in fonts.dir, but as You can see, the fontnames have much more longer name than one 
word.
sth. like:
6x12.pcf.gz -aaa-bbb-ccc-x-ddd--12-110-75-75-c-60-Codepage

in the file fonts.alias You can define Your own names, the names fixed and cursor are
mostly defined there. 
Just chouse a line from fonts.dir copy the line to the file fonts.alias in the same 
directory,
and replace fontfilename to "fixed"
e.g. for the line above:
fixed -aaa-bbb-ccc-x-ddd--12-110-75-75-c-60-Codepage


good luck


Am Donnerstag, 3. Juni 2004 12:26 schrieb viswanth:
>    Hay thanks for ur valuable reply and plz help me in finding the
> font.
>   I went through ur reply and found the fonts.alias file in one of
> the sub-directories.I could find only the lucida sans typewriter fonts
> and no fixed fonts.
>   What can i do?How can i find the font 'fixed'.Kindly help me b'coz
> i am OpenSource Contributor involved in a project.
> Thanks,
> Viswanth.G
> Heinitz Valentin wrote:
> 
> > If is not the font problem, but rather X11 configuration problem.
> > 
> > Check, if XIMIAN installation procedure backed up Your ols XF86Config file,
> and
> > try to rename it back. 
> > 
> > If not:
> > 
> > Du You have the dir: /usr/lib/X11/fonts ?
> > If yes,  does one of subdirs contain fontfile named fixed.pcf.gz ?
> > OR one of the files fonts.alias in subdir has the entry like:
> > ?
> > 
> > If yes, has the XF86Config file, Your X11 uses, contain fontpath entries
> for the
> > subdirs, whede fixed font is? (Some of the fontpathes are default compiled
> in XFree86, check X11 docu which)
> > 
> > Alternatively, you can try to start X11 mith command parameter  for fixed
> font.
> > Check X11 docu.
> > 
> > regards.
> > 
> > 
> > Valentin Heinitz 
> > http://www.heinitz-it.de
> > 
> > Am Donnerstag, 3. Juni 2004 09:19 schrieb viswanth:
> > > Hai,
> > >   I have installed a third party desktop(XIMIAN) on my RH9.0.
> > >  My problem is that startx is not working and the Error msg. is,
> > >  Cannot Open default font 'fixed'.
> > >   Also during my boot i get the failed msg. for Starting of
> > > FreeWnn,which states that can't bind UNIX socket.
> > >   Please help in restoring my settings.
> > > Thanks,
> > > Viswanth.G
> > > 
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