On Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 01:44:03PM +0100, Harald Weis
wrote:> Hello All,
>
> *** Fatal server error:
> *** could not open default font 'fixed'
>
> This is the message (without the stars) I get on a laptop after
> a fresh install of FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE i386 (previously 6.0).
>
> Searching the archives, I found two reasons which do not apply for me:
>
> 1. xorg-fonts-miscbitmaps-7.2 is properly installed
> 2. the same is true for font-alias-1.0.1
>
> A good reason in my case seems to be: all fonts.dir files are empty.
>
> Running ``mkfontdir [-e encodings/] misc/'' creates always an
empty
> fonts.dir file, but with the '-e' option a correct encodings.dir
file.
>
> Conclusion: mkfontdir appears to be broken, or rather mkfontscale as
> the former is just a single-line shell script.
>
> xorg-7.2, xorg-fonts-7.2 and all the rest are properly installed.
> The instructions of the 20070519-section in UPDATING have successfully
> been executed.
>
> Fortunately, lynx and elinks work alright.
>
> Needless to say that I've portupgrade'd both mkfontdir and
mkfontscale
> with the '-f' option, and that my ports tree is portsnap'ed
up-to-date.
>
> What else could I do to find the bug ?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Harald
I would check and see if you have the following packages installed:
1. font-misc-misc
2. font-cursor-misc
They are in: /usr/ports/x11-fonts
regards,
joseph