Error report

[Igor Pechtchanski]

On Mon, 20 Sep 2004, Tim Gee wrote (rearranged for bottom posting):

> On Sun, 12 Sep 2004, Mark Gottselig wrote:
> Â 
> > Hi, I received this error, and am enclosing th contects of XWin.log.
> > If there is anything else that I can do, please let me know.
> >
> > Greven
> >
> > Welcome to the XWin X Server
> > [snip]
> > Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed'
> Â 
> Have you, by chance, looked at the FAQ before sending the report?
> <http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-error-font-eof>.
> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Igor
> Â 
> I’ve had this problem also with a recent install attempt.  Also, I have
> looked at the FAQ, and IÂ’m not sure what to do since the mount point
> appears valid, there are many files present at
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/. Specifically there are about 400 at
> /usr/X11R6/libX11/fonts.
> Â 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

How do you know the mount point is valid?  The FAQ explicitly states that
the fonts directory has to be mounted as a *binary* mount -- is that the
case on your system?  Please review and follow the Cygwin problem
reporting guidelines at <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>.
	Igor
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