startxwin.bat fails: could not open default font 'fixed' (XP, FAQ 8.4 N/A)

[DePriest, Jason R.]

On 3/30/07, Brett Harris  wrote:
> I reinstalled cygwin and can't seem to get the XServer to start.  It fails
> with "Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed'".  Section 8.4
> of the FAQ gives a fix, which doesn't seem to be applicable to my situation.
>   I've tried both re-installing the font packages listed and re-running the
> applicable post install scripts.  I included some relevant info, but if
> y'all need anything else let me know.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>   Brett
>
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> ---------------------------------------------
> $ mount
> C:\cygwin\bin on /usr/bin type system (binmode)
> C:\cygwin\lib on /usr/lib type system (binmode)
> C:\cygwin on / type system (binmode)
> c: on /cygdrive/c type system (binmode,noumount)
> x: on /cygdrive/x type system (binmode,noumount)
> y: on /cygdrive/y type system (binmode,noumount)
> z: on /cygdrive/z type system (binmode,noumount)
> ---------------------------------------------
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I have this in my mount table that you are missing:
C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\lib\X11\fonts on /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts type
system (binmode)

Could you try that?

I snipped out lots of your data just to save space.

-Jason

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