Re: [PLUG] Debian and X

[christophe barbé <christophe.barbe.ml@online.fr>]

On Wed, Jan 23, 2002 at 07:06:58PM -0800, JP Toto wrote:
> startx doesn't seem to work anymore either. I have
> been trying to induce xdm to start X up but same error
> comes back. I nixed the FontPath lines from my
> XF86Config file but i ge the same error again. Could
> there be two files floating around? I was editing the
> one in /etc/X11/ which I guess is symlinked from
> /usr/X11R6....

With Woody you certainly use Xfree4 and then you need to edit
/etc/X11/XF86Config-4 (XF86Config is for XFree3).

If you want to solve one problem at a time, just
   apt-get remove xdm

Good luck,
Christophe

> 
> --- Fred K Ollinger <follinge@sas.upenn.edu> wrote:
> > 
> > On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, JP Toto wrote:
> > 
> > > Ok, so I am a bit new to Debian. I dist-upgraded
> > to Woody tonight and now
> > > when I try and start X I get a "could not open
> > default font 'fixed'"
> > > message. I've been combing through XF86Config but
> > to no avail. Any
> > > suggestions? Thanks in advance for any help.
> > 
> > Yes. Got to the line where it has the fontpath and
> > delete it in the
> > XF86Config-4 file. It will be regenerated next time
> > you startx. I don't
> > know why. Make sure you backup this file, though,
> > just in case.
> > 
> > Don't delete the font stanza or what comes at the
> > end, just the middle
> > line of the three. The line that comes after "font".
> > 
> > Fred Ollinger (follinge@sas.upenn.edu)
> > CCN sysadmin
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >
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