Re: Problem with starting X server

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

On Wed, 19 Jul 2006, Andy Rushton wrote:

> Alexander Gottwald wrote:
> > I suspect that some bugfixes which were present in the CYGWIN branch on
> > freedesktop are missing in the branch which was the source for the latest
> > release.
>
> Just to confirm that the bug indeed *seems* to have crept back. I
> updated to the latest release and then the server would not start due to
> the "cannot find font 'fixed'" problem. Re-mounted the fonts directory
> in binmode, reinstalled just the fonts and it all works. Fortunately I
> remembered this work-around from some time back when I last had this
> problem. Sorry, I have no recollection when or what version.
>
> I guess most people won't have any problems because they install Cygwin
> with Unix newlines, thus making textmode and binmode identical. Thus no
> cacophony of complaints.

As a short-term solution, perhaps we could reinstate the mounting of the
fonts directory in binmode in the postinstall script (using something like
<http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2003-07/msg00018.html>) until the
fixes from the CYGWIN branch can be released.
	Igor
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