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Package: xserver-xorg
Version: 1:7.1.0-5
Severity: normal
After "apt-get install xserver-xorg" the command "startx" fails with a
message "Cannot find font 'fixed'". The problem is fixed by installing
xfonts-base. Is this a missing dependency?
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-2-k7
Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Versions of packages xserver-xorg depends on:
ii debconf 1.5.8 Debian configuration management sy
ii x11-common 1:7.1.0-5 X Window System (X.Org) infrastruc
ii xbase-clients 1:7.1.ds-3 miscellaneous X clients
ii xkb-data 0.9-4 X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu
ii xserver-xorg-core 2:1.1.1-10 X.Org X server -- core server
ii xserver-xorg-input-all 1:7.1.0-5 the X.Org X server -- input driver
ii xserver-xorg-input-evde 1:1.1.2-3 X.Org X server -- evdev input driv
ii xserver-xorg-input-kbd 1:1.1.0-4 X.Org X server -- keyboard input d
ii xserver-xorg-input-mous 1:1.1.1-3 X.Org X server -- mouse input driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-all 1:7.1.0-5 the X.Org X server -- output drive
ii xserver-xorg-video-apm 1:1.1.1-3 X.Org X server -- APM display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-ark 1:0.6.0-3 X.Org X server -- ark display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.6.3-2 X.Org X server -- ATI display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-chip 1:1.1.1-4 X.Org X server -- Chips display dr
ii xserver-xorg-video-cirr 1:1.1.0-3 X.Org X server -- Cirrus display d
ii xserver-xorg-video-cyri 1:1.1.0-4 X.Org X server -- Cyrix display dr
ii xserver-xorg-video-dumm 1:0.2.0-3 X.Org X server -- dummy display dr
ii xserver-xorg-video-fbde 1:0.3.0-3 X.Org X server -- fbdev display dr
ii xserver-xorg-video-glin 1:1.1.1-3 X.Org X server -- Glint display dr
ii xserver-xorg-video-i128 1:1.2.0-3 X.Org X server -- i128 display dri
ii xserver-xorg-video-i740 1:1.1.0-3 X.Org X server -- i740 display dri
ii xserver-xorg-video-i810 2:1.7.2-1 X.Org X server -- Intel i8xx, i9xx
ii xserver-xorg-video-imst 1:1.1.0-3 X.Org X server -- IMSTT display dr
ii xserver-xorg-video-mga 1:1.4.2.dfsg.1-1 X.Org X server -- MGA display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-neom 1:1.1.1-4 X.Org X server -- Neomagic display
ii xserver-xorg-video-newp 1:0.2.0-3 X.Org X server -- Newport display
ii xserver-xorg-video-nsc 1:2.8.1-3 X.Org X server -- NSC display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-nv [ 1:1.2.0-3 X.Org X server -- NV display drive
ii xserver-xorg-video-rend 1:4.1.0.dfsg.1-4 X.Org X server -- Rendition displa
ii xserver-xorg-video-s3 [ 1:0.4.1-4 X.Org X server -- legacy S3 displa
ii xserver-xorg-video-s3vi 1:1.9.1-3 X.Org X server -- S3 ViRGE display
ii xserver-xorg-video-sava 1:2.1.2-1 X.Org X server -- Savage display d
ii xserver-xorg-video-sili 1:1.4.1-4 X.Org X server -- SiliconMotion di
ii xserver-xorg-video-sis 1:0.9.1-4 X.Org X server -- SiS display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-sisu 1:0.8.1-3 X.Org X server -- SiS USB display
ii xserver-xorg-video-tdfx 1:1.2.1-5 X.Org X server -- tdfx display dri
ii xserver-xorg-video-tga 1:1.1.0-3 X.Org X server -- TGA display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-trid 1:1.2.1-3 X.Org X server -- Trident display
ii xserver-xorg-video-tsen 1:1.1.0-3 X.Org X server -- Tseng display dr
ii xserver-xorg-video-v4l 0.1.1-3 X.Org X server -- Video 4 Linux di
ii xserver-xorg-video-vesa 1:1.2.1-3 X.Org X server -- VESA display dri
ii xserver-xorg-video-vga 1:4.1.0-3 X.Org X server -- VGA display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-via 1:0.2.1-5 X.Org X server -- VIA display driv
ii xserver-xorg-video-vmwa 1:10.13.0-3 X.Org X server -- VMware display d
ii xserver-xorg-video-vood 1:1.1.0-4 X.Org X server -- Voodoo display d
Versions of packages xserver-xorg recommends:
ii discover1 1.7.18 hardware identification system
ii laptop-detect 0.12.1 attempt to detect a laptop
pn mdetect <none> (no description available)
pn xresprobe <none> (no description available)
-- debconf information excluded
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Hi Alistair
On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 02:19:10 +0000, Alistair Turnbull wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg
> Version: 1:7.1.0-5
> Severity: normal
>
> After "apt-get install xserver-xorg" the command "startx" fails with a
> message "Cannot find font 'fixed'". The problem is fixed by installing
> xfonts-base. Is this a missing dependency?
>
No, it's not. If you want a full X Window System, install the xorg
metapackage. The X server doesn't depend on having fonts available
locally, as you can use a font server, so a dependency on xfonts-base
would be wrong.
Cheers, and thanks for your report,
Julien
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