Couldn't startx. "could not open default font 'fixed'"

[Scott Hendrickson]

-- But, following the FAQ didn't fix the problem --

I tried: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-error-font-eof
I also verified that there were a lot of font files in misc. I also
tried reinstalling.

The only thing that seemed to fix the problem was selecting "Unix /
binary" rather than "DOS / text" when installing. With "Unix / binary"
(what I had intended to do), the x server worked. But, with "DOS /
text" (what I accidentally selected) it did not work.

I hope that helps anyone else with that problem (assuming that the FAQ
didn't work).

-- Scott

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