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Re: I have a problem starting Xwin under cygwin on XP


On Wed, 8 Mar 2006, PLinehan wrote:

> Hi,
> each time I try to start Xwin this pops up:
>
> (Embedded image moved to file: pic09930.jpg)
>
> The logs is :-
> (See attached file: XWin.log)
>
> have I set this up incorrectly ?
>
> I have installed everything under c:\cygwin

An excerpt from your XWin.log:

Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'

You might find the FAQ helpful:
<http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-error-font-eof>
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