At 03:50 PM 6/10/02 +0530, you wrote:
My XF86config does not have the '-4'. Is it _required_? I run xfree86
4.x
server. Anyway I tried changing it - but still no difference.
no, again this is redhat specific, since during the transition period they installed X3 and X4.
It takes XF86config-4 if present else XF86config.
Exactly what do you have under the Files section?
FontPath"yadayada" FontPath"blah" . . listing of all the font directories.
If it means anything - there is no actual font called 'fixed*' in my */misc/ directory...
-------from the xfree86.log file---------- [snip] XFree86 Version 4.1.0.1 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6510) Release Date: 21 December 2001 If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ) Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.18 i686 [ELF] Module Loader present (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Tue Jun 11 11:29:01 2002 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config" [snip] (**) XKB: layout: "us" (==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled (**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" (**) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" [snip] (II) Loading extension FontCache (II) Loading extension TOG-CUP (II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information (II) Loading extension XVideo (II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation (II) LoadModule: "type1" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libtype1.a (II) Module type1: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.2 (II) Loading font Type1 (II) Loading font CID (II) LoadModule: "freetype" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libfreetype.a (II) Module freetype: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.1.9 Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.2 (II) Loading font FreeType [snip] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse1" (type: MOUSE) Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap (**) Option "BaudRate" "1200" Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' [snip]
-------------end----------------
-------------from the fs-xtt config file -------------- [snip] # paths to search for fonts catalogue = /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID, /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType, /usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/:unscaled, /usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/:unscaled, /usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled, /usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled, /usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/, /usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/ [snip]
--------------end-------------------
q