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  15. To: Timothy Baldwin <tim@reinhouse.demon.co.uk>
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  17. Subject: Re: Help starting X 
  18. In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 07 Jun 1998 22:53:47 BST."
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  22. Date:     Mon, 08 Jun 1998 14:48:31 +0100
  23. From: Richard Bradbury <Richard.Bradbury@cl.cam.ac.uk>
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  31. On Sun, 07 Jun 1998 22:53:47, Timothy Baldwin wrote:
  32. >
  33. > failed to set default font path '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,
  34. >  /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,
  35. >  /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/'
  36. > Fatal server error:
  37. > could not open default font 'fixed'
  38. > giving up.
  39.  
  40. Try startx instead of xinit.  It should sort out your font path for you.
  41. (You must be root to use it I think.)
  42.  
  43. Anybody out there using xdm successfully?
  44.  
  45.  
  46. -- 
  47. Richard.
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