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From: todd@flex.eng.mcmaster.ca (Todd Pfaff)
Subject: problem starting XBSD8514-0.1 server
Message-ID: <1993May14.052342.22313@mcshub.dcss.mcmaster.ca>
Keywords: 386bsd XFree86 8514
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Organization: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Date: Fri, 14 May 1993 05:23:42 GMT
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I'm trying to run the XBSD8514-0.1 server with XFree86-1.2
under 386bsd-0.1 + patchkit-0.2.3.
I copied /pub/386bsd/incoming/XBSD8514-0.1.Z from sunvis.rtpnc.epa.gov,
installed it in /usr/X386/bin and linked /usr/X386/bin/X to it. I
uncompressed all the fonts in the 75dpi and misc font directories
and ran mkfontdir misc Type1 Speedo 75dpi. The fontpath is set
correctly in my Xconfig.
When I start the server it aborts and leaves the console in an
unuseable state (vertical lines, no text), although I can log
in from a remote host. Is there any way I can recover the console
without rebooting?
The output from the X server is:
XBSD8514 0.1 / X Windows System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 5000)
ibm8514
Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'
XIO: fatal IO error 32 (Broken pipe) on X server ":0.0"
after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
The connection was probably broken by a server shutdown or KillClient.
Cannot execute KBDFORCEASCII ioctl: Inappropriate ioctl for device
Why can't it find the 'fixed' font? Am I missing something that doesn't
come with the XFree86-1.2 distribution?
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Todd Pfaff \ Internet: todd@flex.eng.mcmaster.ca
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering \ Voice: (416) 525-9140 x2902
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