Error report

[Bobby McNulty]

Igor Pechtchanski wrote:

>On Mon, 20 Sep 2004, Tim Gee wrote:
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>>(I'm sorry I probably don't have the threading right since I'm not a
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>FWIW, see <http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-09/msg00989.html>.
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>>Thanks for the help. I fixed my problem using the FAQ, but I'm not sure
>>that the FAQ is completely right. The process of unmounting and
>>reinstalling worked, but the diagnostic info seemed off. When the
>>problem was occurring, the fonts directory appeared to be mounted
>>correctly in binary mode, and the files were present.
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>Are you saying that you've applied the FAQ fix (which simply told you to
>re-mount the fonts directory in binmode) and it worked for you, even
>though "mount" showed the fonts directory *already* mounted in binmode?
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>BTW, another directory that needs to be binmode-mounted is /tmp, otherwise
>some X utilities (e.g., xkb, but there are probably others) won't work.
>HTH,
>	Igor
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>>Included are version info (cygcheck.out), error output (startx.out), and
>>the mount info (mount.out). All of the included results are before I
>>applied the FAQ fix.
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>>Again thanks.
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>>>On Sun, 12 Sep 2004, Mark Gottselig wrote:
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>>>>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.
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>>>>Greven
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>>>>Welcome to the XWin X Server
>>>>[snip]
>>>>Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed'
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>>>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>.
>>>	Igor
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>>>I've had this problem also with a recent install attempt.? Also, I have
>>>looked at the FAQ, and I'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.
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>>>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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>>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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Why do the fonts have to be mounted in the first place? Setup should 
have everything  ready. No need to mount the fonts.
Let me look at my mount table. I have X org.
Bobby