SOLUTION to "could not open default font 'fixed'" error (XWindows under Cygwin)

["Adem24" <adem at topkale dot net>]

SOLUTION to "could not open default font 'fixed'" error (X under Cygwin)

How I solved the "could not open default font 'fixed'" error 
when starting XWindows under Cygwin:

One has to install the full font package Xfnts.tgz
I found the Xfnts.tgz here:
http://dir.filewatcher.com/d/Other/binaries/Cygwin/Xfnts.tgz.16634489.html

Step 1: 
  Under the root of cygwin create a directory /manual_downloads (for example)
  and download the above file into this directory

Step 2: unpack the above file manually into the right directory as follows:
  cd /usr/X11R6
  tar -xvzf /manual_downloads/Xfnts.tgz

Step 3: see if there is a .xinitrc file in your home directory:
  cd
  ls -l .xinitrc

Step 4: if there is no .xinitrc in your home directory (see step 3 above)
then do the following:
  cp /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc  ~/.xinitrc

Step 5: start X as follows:
  startx


Now it should work...  :-)



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