Re: Error report

[Tim Gee <geetf at ornl dot gov>]

(I'm sorry I probably don't have the threading right since I'm not a
subscriber.)

Thanks for the help. I fixed my problem using the FAQ, but I'm not sure
that the FAQ is completely right. The process of unmounting and
reinstalling worked, but the diagnostic info seemed off. When the
problem was occurring, the fonts directory appeared to be mounted
correctly in binary mode, and the files were present.

Included are version info (cygcheck.out), error output (startx.out), and
the mount info (mount.out). All of the included results are before I
applied the FAQ fix.

Again thanks.


> On Sun, 12 Sep 2004, Mark Gottselig wrote:
> ?
> > Hi, I received this error, and am enclosing th contects of XWin.log.
> > If there is anything else that I can do, please let me know.
> >
> > Greven
> >
> > Welcome to the XWin X Server
> > [snip]
> > Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed'
> ?
> Have you, by chance, looked at the FAQ before sending the report?
> <http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-error-font-eof>.
> ??????? Igor
> ?
> I?ve had this problem also with a recent install attempt.? Also, I
have
> looked at the FAQ, and I?m not sure what to do since the mount point
> appears valid, there are many files present at
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/. Specifically there are about 400 at
> /usr/X11R6/libX11/fonts.
> ?
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

How do you know the mount point is valid?  The FAQ explicitly states
that
the fonts directory has to be mounted as a *binary* mount -- is that the
case on your system?  Please review and follow the Cygwin problem
reporting guidelines at <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>.
	Igor
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