Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!bellcore!dana From: dana@dino.bellcore.com (Dana A. Chee) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: Help in starting up X Message-ID: Date: 21 Feb 89 14:24:06 GMT References: <15202@cos.com> Sender: news@bellcore.bellcore.com Organization: Bellcore, Morristown, NJ USA Lines: 53 In-reply-to: duc@cos.com's message of 17 Feb 89 16:21:28 GMT In article <15202@cos.com> duc@cos.com (Duc Kim Nguyen) writes: .Xresources (and .Xdefaults) .xinitrc then I tried % xinit -geometry 80x34+0+0 -display "${host}:0.0" -fn screen11 -w 2 -sb -sl 1000 -n login and got the following errors: # start error main: Could not open default font 'fixed' main: Could not open default cursor font 'cursor' X Error: font or color name does not exist Request Major code 45 Request Minor code ResourceID 0x200003 Error Serial #17 Current Serial #19 waiting for server to terminate # end error I checked fonts directory and screen11.snf is in local directory. What is going on ? What's happening is that the server isn't finding the fonts in the expected (compiled in) location. If you edited nothing, it will look in (I believe, since our's is changed) /usr/lib/Xlib/fonts/??, but this can be checked by: strings -a Xsun | grep fonts If that is set up, then you have to make sure that the fonts.dir files in each font directory contain all fonts that you wish to use. For example, the local font directory containing screen11.snf should have an entry in its fonts.dir file specifying screen11.snf screen11 Thank for all your assistance. duc@COS.COM You're welcome. Send mail if you have more troubles. -- +*************************************************************************+ * Dana Chee (201) 829-4488 * * Bellcore * * Room 2Q-250 * * 445 South Street ARPA: dana@bellcore.com * * Morristown, NJ 07960-1910 UUCP: {gateways}!bellcore!dana * +*************************************************************************+