Another X crash on startup

[Harold L Hunt II]

luke.kendall@cisra.canon.com.au wrote:

> A colleague installed the full Cygwin installation onto a laptop on
> Monday.  He can't start X because of what looks like the 
> "Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed'" mentioned at
> http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-error-font-eof
> 
> However, we've checked that the fonts are installed; mount shows that
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts is used, and the directory contains about 400
> files in the misc subdirectory.  
> 
> X won't start.  Any other suggestions?  This is on a new Dell laptop,
> running at about 1600x1200, and XP.

None needed:

> Fatal server error:
> could not open default font 'fixed'
> winDeinitMultiWindowWM - Noting shutdown in progress

This is exactly what is described in the second half of the FAQ entry 
you pointed to above.  You are going to have to follow *exactly* the 
steps described in that answer.

Harold