Corrupt fonts-alias (Re: xorg 7.2 start problem)

[Kris Kennaway]

On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 11:59:51AM +1200, Mark Kirkwood wrote:
> Kris Kennaway wrote:
> >
> >Grr, OK.  Well, you might have got it wrong, so we still need to see a
> >portupgrade log from someone who followed the directions.
> 
> Kris,
> 
> FWIW - I followed the instructions in UPDATING - unfortunately I did 'em 
> pretty much as I read 'em... so I noticed the CAVEAT *after* the 
> upgrade and mergebase was complete - doh!
> 
> So I installed x11/xorg after the upgrade, and promptly got the 'cannot 
> open fixed'... which was sorted by reinstalling misc and font-misc-misc 
> and font-cursor-misc. Is installing xorg after the upgrade a likely 
> cause of problems?

Nope.

> Also, ahem, I didn't script the upgrade, so no log sorry :-(. I've got 
> another (6-STABLE) box to do later, so I'll log that one ... promise...

OK

Kris