Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gdm
After upgrade I got an error
Fatal error
could not open default font 'fixed'.
/etc/X11/xorg.conf was same as before (aka I did not edit it, the
installation did not change it)
After adding:
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
to the "Files" section, it started successfully.
The other pointers:
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
DO NOT point to either font files, nor to any font declaration (alias)
files.
I did not go into detail as to how the X-server addresses fonts, but the
configuration files can be found in 3 (THREE) different places. However,
changing the version in /etc/X11 fixes the problem.
Does the X-Server hardcode the font paths?
I suggest fixing this issue within Ubuntu and redirecting it to Xorg for
permanent fixing.
** Affects: gdm (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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gdm start aborted, fixed fonts missing after upgrade from 7.04h4
https://launchpad.net/bugs/89002
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