Bug 122885 - could not open default font 'fixed'
Summary: could not open default font 'fixed'
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: XFree86
Version: 1
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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high
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Assignee: Mike A. Harris
QA Contact: David Lawrence
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2004-05-10 00:59 UTC by Felix Boecker
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:10 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2004-05-10 06:19:02 UTC
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Description Felix Boecker 2004-05-10 00:59:00 UTC
Description of problem:
X wont start, fails with 'could not open default font "fixed"'

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
latest XFree86-4.3 update using yum

How reproducible:
I wish I knew! ... this hasn't been the first time I installed and
updated FC1 and never have had this problem.

I've seen this problem with earlier releases of XFree in bugzilla, but
all those bugs should be fixed by now (at least they were as far as I
could tell).

Comment 1 Mike A. Harris 2004-05-10 06:18:43 UTC
The error message 'could not open default font "fixed"' occurs for
a number of reasons all related to misconfiguration.  Some of which
include:

- fonts that are improperly installed
- font files or directories with incorrect permission or ownership
  settings
- font directories with invalid or missing fonts.dir entries
- no fontserver running
- various other font or system misconfigurations

This error is never a bug in the X server, and always indicates
a system that is misconfigured in some manner or another.  Careful
inspection of all aspects of font configuration is required in order
to pinpoint the specific problem and resolve it.

While we are not able to provide technical support for misconfigured
systems via bugzilla, if you require technical assistance to resolve
this issue, there are different avenues which you may find useful:

- http://www.google.com  - cut and paste the error into google
- Red Hat mailing lists
- X.org or XFree86.org mailing lists



Comment 2 Mike A. Harris 2004-05-10 06:19:02 UTC
Setting bug status to "NOTABUG"


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