RE: can't start X server

["Oliver S Dungey" <odungey at csc dot com>]

You are quite correct, it is very well documented - after I'd installed I
read the documents and they were excellent. Trouble is that us computer
nerds are very good at ignoring instructions thinking we know better.

Oly





Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com>@sources.redhat.com on 11/07/2001
12:11:11

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To:   "'cygwin-xfree@xfree.cygwin.com'" <cygwin-xfree@xfree.cygwin.com>
cc:
Subject:  RE: can't start X server


Not so easy a lot of code needs to be modified so xfree can cope with DOS
file mode.  It is on our agenda.  However, User's Guide from Harold mention
it clearly and even has screen shots... that use UNIX mode for
installation....
People need to read first...

Suhaib

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Oliver S Dungey [mailto:odungey@csc.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 4:35 AM
> To: cygwin-xfree@xfree.cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: can't start X server
>
>
> I think this is probably the DOS file mode thing again on Cygwin,
> reinstall
> it with Unix file mode and I think all will be well.
>
> Is there anyone out there who can change the Xfree installation so
> that it
> can cope with DOS file mode as this seems to be causing a lot of
> people
> inititial teething problems.
>
> Regards,
>
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> "Winston Gutkowski" <winston.gutkowski@e-
> ztext.com>@sources.redhat.com on
> 11/07/2001 03:23:40
>
> Sent by:  cygwin-xfree-owner@sources.redhat.com
>
>
> To:   <cygwin-xfree@xfree86.cygwin.com>
> cc:
> Subject:  can't start X server
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I recently downloaded XFree86 4.1 for Cygwin, and now can't start my
> X-Server. The startxwin.bat just flashes up a couple of DOS windows
> and
> disappears and, after editing the startxwin.sh script, I worked out
> that
> the
>
> + XWin -screen 0 1024x768x32
>
> command produces the message
>
> Fatal server error:
> could not open default font 'fixed'
>
> Can anybody give me some idea what the matter is?
>
> Winston
> winston.gutkowski@e-ztext.com
>
>