Re: Problems starting X,v.4.0.3 -- still
On Wed, 16 May 2001, Charl P. Botha wrote: > Uncomment "Option NoHal" on your device clause. Alternatively, get the > mga_hal binary only module from matrox.com. This will solve the mga_hal > warning at the very least... > I did this, now there comes no error message anymore -- but the problem still exists: the server fails while starting with the error message: Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' Is there any possibility to define a default font explicitely. If yes, where and how can I define this? Thanks, Lukas Btw: I am running a 2.4.3 kernel -- without any noticeable problems (except a bus master problem of the 3c59x-driver when running in 100Mbps mode '-)
Re: Problems starting X,v.4.0.3 -- still
Okay, now down to the desperate nitty-gritty. Please check your fonts.alias file in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc for the "fixed" alias. Then check that the expansion (e.g. -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1) exists in fonts.dir. Then check that the file it refers to (e.g. 6x13-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz) also exists and is not damaged (e.g. copy it somewhere else and gunzip; the CRC checking will croak if something went wrong). On Thu, May 17, 2001 at 12:35:42PM +0200, Lukas Ruf wrote: > I did this, now there comes no error message anymore -- but the problem > still exists: the server fails while starting with the error message: > Fatal server error: > could not open default font 'fixed' -- charl p. botha | computer graphics and cad/cam http://cpbotha.net/ | http://www.cg.its.tudelft.nl/
Re: Problems starting X,v.4.0.3 -- still
Lukas Ruf wrote: On Wed, 16 May 2001, Charl P. Botha wrote: Uncomment "Option NoHal" on your device clause. Alternatively, get the mga_hal binary only module from matrox.com. This will solve the mga_hal warning at the very least... I did this, now there comes no error message anymore -- but the problem still exists: the server fails while starting with the error message: Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' What about my suggestions? You either need to get xfs going or add FontPath entries to your XF86Config. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)\ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer CS student, Free Software enthusiast \XFree86 and DRI project member
Re: Problems starting X,v.4.0.3 -- still
On Thu, 17 May 2001, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > Lukas Ruf wrote: > > > On Wed, 16 May 2001, Charl P. Botha wrote: > > > > > >>Uncomment "Option NoHal" on your device clause. Alternatively, get the > >>mga_hal binary only module from matrox.com. This will solve the mga_hal > >>warning at the very least... > > > > I did this, now there comes no error message anymore -- but the problem > > still exists: the server fails while starting with the error message: > > Fatal server error: > > could not open default font 'fixed' > > > What about my suggestions? > I followed! I checked for the fonts.dir and fonts.alias. I run mkfontsdir on all directories and I even have xfs running all the time: komsys-pc-lr:~!52> ps ax | grep xfs 983 ?S 0:00 /usr/bin/X11/xfs -daemon > You either need to get xfs going or add FontPath entries to your XF86Config. > So, what' next ? --lpr
Re: Problems starting X,v.4.0.3 -- still
On Thu, 17 May 2001, Charl P. Botha wrote: > Okay, now down to the desperate nitty-gritty. Please check your fonts.alias > file in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc for the "fixed" alias. Then check > that the expansion (e.g. > -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1) exists in > fonts.dir. Then check that the file it refers to (e.g. 6x13-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz) > also exists and is not damaged (e.g. copy it somewhere else and gunzip; the > CRC checking will croak if something went wrong). > Here we are Thanks very much. But still, probably someone has an idea what went wrong: - I had an empty misc/fonts.alias - when I run update-fonts-alias on misc, a file called misc/fonts.alias.update-new was created -- but empty. => I copied the fonts.alias from my up and running laptop XFree-installation and now it runs. Nonetheless, I would be very interested in knowing why the f... update-fonts-alias failed -- or what I made wrong. Thanks for all your help!!! Thanks to all of you. Lukas
Re: Problems starting X,v.4.0.3 -- solved but
One final but important question related to this thread: how is it intended by the Debian Team to configure X-4 on a PC? During the installation of it I was not asked to configure anything for X. Any help? Thanks in advance, Lukas PS: I know of the command-line tool xf86config. On Thu, 17 May 2001, Lukas Ruf wrote: > On Thu, 17 May 2001, Charl P. Botha wrote: > > > Okay, now down to the desperate nitty-gritty. Please check your fonts.alias > > file in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc for the "fixed" alias. Then check > > that the expansion (e.g. > > -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1) exists in > > fonts.dir. Then check that the file it refers to (e.g. > > 6x13-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz) > > also exists and is not damaged (e.g. copy it somewhere else and gunzip; the > > CRC checking will croak if something went wrong). > > > Here we are Thanks very much. > > But still, probably someone has an idea what went wrong: > - I had an empty misc/fonts.alias > - when I run update-fonts-alias on misc, a file called > misc/fonts.alias.update-new was created -- but empty. > > => I copied the fonts.alias from my up and running laptop > XFree-installation and now it runs. > > Nonetheless, I would be very interested in knowing why the f... > update-fonts-alias failed -- or what I made wrong. > > Thanks for all your help!!! Thanks to all of you. > > Lukas > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Lukas RufSwiss Federal Institute of Technology Office: ETZ-G61.2 Computer Engineering and Phone: +41/1/632 7312Networks Laboratory (TIK) Fax: +41/1/632 1035 ETH Zentrum PGP 2.6: ID D20BA2ED;Gloriastr. 35 Fingerprint 6323 B9BC 9C8E 6563 B477 BADD FEA6 E6B7CH-8092 Zurich
Re: Problems starting X,v.4.0.3 -- still
On Wed, 16 May 2001, Charl P. Botha wrote: > Uncomment "Option NoHal" on your device clause. Alternatively, get the > mga_hal binary only module from matrox.com. This will solve the mga_hal > warning at the very least... > I did this, now there comes no error message anymore -- but the problem still exists: the server fails while starting with the error message: Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' Is there any possibility to define a default font explicitely. If yes, where and how can I define this? Thanks, Lukas Btw: I am running a 2.4.3 kernel -- without any noticeable problems (except a bus master problem of the 3c59x-driver when running in 100Mbps mode '-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems starting X,v.4.0.3 -- still
Okay, now down to the desperate nitty-gritty. Please check your fonts.alias file in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc for the "fixed" alias. Then check that the expansion (e.g. -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1) exists in fonts.dir. Then check that the file it refers to (e.g. 6x13-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz) also exists and is not damaged (e.g. copy it somewhere else and gunzip; the CRC checking will croak if something went wrong). On Thu, May 17, 2001 at 12:35:42PM +0200, Lukas Ruf wrote: > I did this, now there comes no error message anymore -- but the problem > still exists: the server fails while starting with the error message: > Fatal server error: > could not open default font 'fixed' -- charl p. botha | computer graphics and cad/cam http://cpbotha.net/ | http://www.cg.its.tudelft.nl/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems starting X,v.4.0.3 -- still
Lukas Ruf wrote: > On Wed, 16 May 2001, Charl P. Botha wrote: > > >>Uncomment "Option NoHal" on your device clause. Alternatively, get the >>mga_hal binary only module from matrox.com. This will solve the mga_hal >>warning at the very least... > > I did this, now there comes no error message anymore -- but the problem > still exists: the server fails while starting with the error message: > Fatal server error: > could not open default font 'fixed' What about my suggestions? You either need to get xfs going or add FontPath entries to your XF86Config. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)\ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer CS student, Free Software enthusiast \XFree86 and DRI project member -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems starting X,v.4.0.3 -- still
On Thu, 17 May 2001, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > Lukas Ruf wrote: > > > On Wed, 16 May 2001, Charl P. Botha wrote: > > > > > >>Uncomment "Option NoHal" on your device clause. Alternatively, get the > >>mga_hal binary only module from matrox.com. This will solve the mga_hal > >>warning at the very least... > > > > I did this, now there comes no error message anymore -- but the problem > > still exists: the server fails while starting with the error message: > > Fatal server error: > > could not open default font 'fixed' > > > What about my suggestions? > I followed! I checked for the fonts.dir and fonts.alias. I run mkfontsdir on all directories and I even have xfs running all the time: komsys-pc-lr:~!52> ps ax | grep xfs 983 ?S 0:00 /usr/bin/X11/xfs -daemon > You either need to get xfs going or add FontPath entries to your XF86Config. > So, what' next ? --lpr -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems starting X,v.4.0.3 -- still
On Thu, 17 May 2001, Charl P. Botha wrote: > Okay, now down to the desperate nitty-gritty. Please check your fonts.alias > file in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc for the "fixed" alias. Then check > that the expansion (e.g. > -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1) exists in > fonts.dir. Then check that the file it refers to (e.g. 6x13-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz) > also exists and is not damaged (e.g. copy it somewhere else and gunzip; the > CRC checking will croak if something went wrong). > Here we are Thanks very much. But still, probably someone has an idea what went wrong: - I had an empty misc/fonts.alias - when I run update-fonts-alias on misc, a file called misc/fonts.alias.update-new was created -- but empty. => I copied the fonts.alias from my up and running laptop XFree-installation and now it runs. Nonetheless, I would be very interested in knowing why the f... update-fonts-alias failed -- or what I made wrong. Thanks for all your help!!! Thanks to all of you. Lukas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems starting X,v.4.0.3 -- solved but
One final but important question related to this thread: how is it intended by the Debian Team to configure X-4 on a PC? During the installation of it I was not asked to configure anything for X. Any help? Thanks in advance, Lukas PS: I know of the command-line tool xf86config. On Thu, 17 May 2001, Lukas Ruf wrote: > On Thu, 17 May 2001, Charl P. Botha wrote: > > > Okay, now down to the desperate nitty-gritty. Please check your fonts.alias > > file in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc for the "fixed" alias. Then check > > that the expansion (e.g. > > -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1) exists in > > fonts.dir. Then check that the file it refers to (e.g. 6x13-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz) > > also exists and is not damaged (e.g. copy it somewhere else and gunzip; the > > CRC checking will croak if something went wrong). > > > Here we are Thanks very much. > > But still, probably someone has an idea what went wrong: > - I had an empty misc/fonts.alias > - when I run update-fonts-alias on misc, a file called > misc/fonts.alias.update-new was created -- but empty. > > => I copied the fonts.alias from my up and running laptop > XFree-installation and now it runs. > > Nonetheless, I would be very interested in knowing why the f... > update-fonts-alias failed -- or what I made wrong. > > Thanks for all your help!!! Thanks to all of you. > > Lukas > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Lukas RufSwiss Federal Institute of Technology Office: ETZ-G61.2 Computer Engineering and Phone: +41/1/632 7312Networks Laboratory (TIK) Fax: +41/1/632 1035 ETH Zentrum PGP 2.6: ID D20BA2ED;Gloriastr. 35 Fingerprint 6323 B9BC 9C8E 6563 B477 BADD FEA6 E6B7CH-8092 Zurich -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
