could not open default font 'fixed'

[Larry Hall (Cygwin X)]

Andrew MacDonald wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> I'm sure you've all see this one posted on here before, but something
> has to be different because none of the solutions that I have found
> worked for me.
> 
> I've checked mount points ensuring directories existed.  I've
> re-installed font packages.  I tried re-running the postinstall
> scripts.  Yes, I have looked through the FAQ.
> 
> I've also verfied that the font.alias file in
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc contained a 'fixed' alias.  I took that
> and mapped it back to the actual .pcf.gz file an ensured it existed.
> As far as I can tell, everything looks perfectly normal.
> 
> Except it won't start.
> 
> Here is the XWin.log:
>

<snip>


> 
> I checked the cygwin setup.exe to see what version of X I had
> installed.  Is there any issues with this particular version?  I have
> 6.8.99.901-1 for all the X packages.  Well the ones that I have
> installed.
> 
> If anyone can help, it'd be much appreciated.
> Andrew


You didn't mention whether during your re-install whether you made sure the
directory the fonts were going into were binary mounted.  If this wasn't
the case, try again with a binary mounted directory.

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