Fatal Error on start up

[Larry Hall (Cygwin X)]

Nadia Dimitrova wrote:
> Dear Cygwin,

One copy of a request is more than enough BTW.

> I am trying to install FontForge on my Windows Vista laptop and I need 
> Cygwin shell to run it. To set environmental variables they suggest I 
> run a BAT file.  It looks like it succeeds with the variables but it 
> cannot execute XWin at the end.
> 
> Could you please help me figure out what is wrong with my Cygwin 
> installation.
> 
> I get a message

<snip>

> Fatal server error:
> could not open default font 'fixed'
> winDeinitMultiWindowWM - Noting shutdown in progress
> ------
> 
> See starxwin.BAT file at the end of this message.
> 
> I appreciate your help.

See the FAQ entry:

<http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-error-font-eof>


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