can't startx after xorg upgrade: could not open default font 'fixed'

[Jona Joachim]

On Wed, 23 May 2007 08:28:10 -0500
eculp at encontacto.net wrote:

> I get:
>    Fatal server error:
>    could not open default font 'fixed'
> 
> I have looked at:
>    XFree86-4-fontDefaultBitmaps is not used with xorg
>    x11-fonts/font-alias is installed
>    xorg-fonts-miscbitmaps is installed thinking that it might sub the
> Default I have checked font.conf for correct path.
>    Found a thread on Google but didn't find the solution.
>    xorgcfg gives the same error
>    /etc/X11/xorg.conf Font Path is set to /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/
> 
> I upgraded with portupgrade -a -P so I guess I could go back and  
> recompile all but first I would like to know if anyone else has seen  
> this after the update and how they fixed it.  Something dumb I'm
> doing I'm sure :(

Are you sure that the xorg metaport is installed?
Have you tried to add FontPath entries for the subfolders
in /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/ ?
AFAIK the font "fixed" is defined in font.alias in the misc subfolder.
Try to add a FontPath entry for /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/misc/


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