Re: Error report

[Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>]

On Mon, 20 Sep 2004, Tim Gee wrote:

> (I'm sorry I probably don't have the threading right since I'm not a
> subscriber.)

FWIW, see <http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-09/msg00989.html>.

> Thanks for the help. I fixed my problem using the FAQ, but I'm not sure
> that the FAQ is completely right. The process of unmounting and
> reinstalling worked, but the diagnostic info seemed off. When the
> problem was occurring, the fonts directory appeared to be mounted
> correctly in binary mode, and the files were present.

Are you saying that you've applied the FAQ fix (which simply told you to
re-mount the fonts directory in binmode) and it worked for you, even
though "mount" showed the fonts directory *already* mounted in binmode?

BTW, another directory that needs to be binmode-mounted is /tmp, otherwise
some X utilities (e.g., xkb, but there are probably others) won't work.
HTH,
	Igor

> Included are version info (cygcheck.out), error output (startx.out), and
> the mount info (mount.out). All of the included results are before I
> applied the FAQ fix.
>
> Again thanks.
>
>
> > On Sun, 12 Sep 2004, Mark Gottselig wrote:
> >
> > > Hi, I received this error, and am enclosing th contects of XWin.log.
> > > If there is anything else that I can do, please let me know.
> > >
> > > Greven
> > >
> > > Welcome to the XWin X Server
> > > [snip]
> > > Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed'
> >
> > Have you, by chance, looked at the FAQ before sending the report?
> > <http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-error-font-eof>.
> > 	Igor
> >
> > I've had this problem also with a recent install attempt.? Also, I have
> > looked at the FAQ, and I'm not sure what to do since the mount point
> > appears valid, there are many files present at
> > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/. Specifically there are about 400 at
> > /usr/X11R6/libX11/fonts.
> >
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> How do you know the mount point is valid?  The FAQ explicitly states
> that the fonts directory has to be mounted as a *binary* mount -- is
> that the case on your system?  Please review and follow the Cygwin
> problem reporting guidelines at <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>.
> 	Igor

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