EOL Fix? for Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed'

[Shang-Wen Cheng]

Synopsis:  if you encounter the fatal server error due to "fixed" font, 
and have tried FAQ 8.4 to no avail, switching the end-of-lines to UNIX 
may solve the problem:


After following the Cygwin/X installation instruction, running startx 
ended with this message, which others have reported, and which FAQ 8.4 
(http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-error-font-eof) 
attempted to address:

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

Unfortunately, neither of the two listed reasons applied to me.  I 
confirmed the installation of the required "xorg-x11-fnts" pakcage, and 
my /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts seemed in tact (misc/ had 414 items).

Still, just for good measures, I tried reinstalling the 5 font related 
packages, still no help.

Finally, the Thu, 11 Jan 2007 14:03:25 +0100 post by Mikaël Baudet 
prompted to try switching from DOS to UNIX end-of-lines, and 
reinstalling all the xorg-x11-* packages, and voila, startx worked.

Cheers,
Shang-Wen Cheng


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