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RE: Problems getting xfree up and running was: Re: question



--- Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi@ssiddiqi.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> > Well this mail came there so you managed to do it
> :-) Lets 
> > get started!
> > 
> > Gentlemen, this fellow of ours is having a
> problem, he have 
> > downloaded xfree, installed it, I think all by the
> manual.. 
> > (I assisted him a little and can fill out with
> some of my thoughts)
> > 
> > When he runs startxwin.bat/sh the X-window pops
> up, but then 
> > closes. Reading the /tmp/Xlog.txt (or what the
> file is 
> > called) the last thing printed there was that it
> couldn't 
> > find font fixed, when doublechecking he seemed to
> have the 
> > font 6x13-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz in
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc
> 
> 
> Try installing fonts manually... by using gunzip and
> tar xvf
> This problem a few users reported a few times.
> Is Cygwin disk mounted in binary or Text mode?  Do a
> mount command and
> make sure it is in binary mode.
i install it manually but problem existed yet, 
yes i do mount command and it is in binary mode
> 
> > 
> > (dug up the fontfilename from my fonts.alias and
> fonts.dir)
> > 
> > (Payam, send the logfile to the list)
> > 
> > He has two network cards, could it be something
> there messing up??
> 
> 
> I doubt two network cards should report fixed font
> problem.
> 
> Suhaib
> 
> > 
> >         /Andy
> > 
> > -- 
> >  The eye of the beholder rests on the beauty!
> > 
> 


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