On Son, 2003-02-16 at 13:46, Frank Murphy wrote: > I was installing a sarge system to see if a bug was fixed, and I noticed that > the xfonts-base package is not required by xserver-xfree86. I noticed because > the Xserver wouldn't start because I had not fixed font installed. After > installing xfonts-base, I had no problems. > > Is there a reason that xfonts-base isn't required?
The fixed font can be provided by a font server on another machine. If you want everything on the same machine, install x-window-system(-core). -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
