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From: DS1437@acspr1.acs.brockport.edu
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Subject: RE: Font Problems with Xfree86
Date: 30 Dec 1992 16:01:37 -0600
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R>From: rich@Rice.edu (& Murphey)
R>Subject: Re: Xfree86 Font directory problem?
R>>>>>> In article <9212300215.AA00524@deepthought.cs.utexas.edu>, DS1437@acspr1.acs.brockport.edu writes:
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R>D> I am having problems getting Xfree86 running, it seems to initiaize
R>D> the screen fine , but then switches back to text, and hangs the console
R>D> port (still can telnet in). I found out that there is an error that
R>D> the server is reporting but never showing, I can only get this error on
R>D> a system that is telneted in, it is:
R>
R>D> failed to set default font path '/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X386
R>D> /lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/'
R>D> Fatal server error:
R>D> could not open default font 'fixed'
R>
R>The XFree86 1.1 server checks the font path more thoroughly if you
R>set it in your Xconfig than if you use the default. Try setting it:
R>
R>FontPath "/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
R>
R>and see if that helps. We are working on improving this for the next
R>release. Rich
I think thats where the server was getting the name for the font
directories. Sorry I was going to include my Xconfig file in the message
too, but I forgot. Here it is --
#########################################################################
RGBPath "/usr/X386/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
Keyboard
AutoRepeat 500 5
Xleds 1 2 3
ServerNumLock
DontZap
microsoft "/dev/com1"
BaudRate 9600
SampleRate 150
Emulate3Buttons
vga256
Virtual 640 480
ViewPort 0 0
Modes "640x480"
ModeDB
###############################################################################
# Monitor: Gateway 2000 Crystal Scan NI (Mag Computronics 1448)
# Contributor: Thomas Naughton [naughton@chinet.chi.il.us]
# Last Edit Date: 10/17/91
#
# name clock horizontal timing vertical timing flags
"640x480" 25 640 672 768 800 480 490 492 525
"800x600" 50 800 864 970 1056 600 608 615 633
"1152x900i" 68 1152 1172 1288 1368 900 909 933 937 Interlace
# Refresh rate = 57.44Hz ; Horizontal Frequency = 47.79KHz
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