Problem with starting X server

[Andy Rushton]

Alexander Gottwald wrote:
> I suspect that some bugfixes which were present in the CYGWIN branch 
> on freedesktop are missing in the branch which was the source for the 
> latest release.
Just to confirm that the bug indeed *seems* to have crept back. I 
updated to the latest release and then the server would not start due to 
the "cannot find font 'fixed'" problem. Re-mounted the fonts directory 
in binmode, reinstalled just the fonts and it all works. Fortunately I 
remembered this work-around from some time back when I last had this 
problem. Sorry, I have no recollection when or what version.

I guess most people won't have any problems because they install Cygwin 
with Unix newlines, thus making textmode and binmode identical. Thus no 
cacophony of complaints.

-- 
Andy Rushton, Southampton, UK

Fortune and love befriend the bold.
		-- Ovid


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