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coderonline

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Registered: 2007-12-25

Posts: 3

Help me..in configuring XFree86....

Hi,

I installed XFree86...in my old laptop running Arch Linux...

I installed it as per the procedure given in XFree86 website....

Everything went fine...The screen flicked for a second or two...But finally I got this message...

' Fatal Server error :
could not open default font 'fixed'

S0 I rebooted the system....& entered 'startx'...Again the same thing happened ( screen flickered for abt 2 secs )...

I checked the Logfile...Every thing was OK...But I found some lines that was not OK...

(II)chips(0):Built in Def monitor:using Drx-derived

(II)chips(0):Built in Def monitor:hsync range of 30.82-38.52 Khz
(II)chips(0):Built in Def monitor:hsync range of 60.0.0Hz
(II)chips(0):Built in Def monitor:clock range : 11.00 to 93.54 mhz
(II)chips(0):Not using def mode"640*350"(vrefresh out of range )
(II)chips(0):Not using def mode"640*350"(bad mode clock/interlace/double scan)

(II)chips(0):Not using def mode"640*400"(vrefresh out of range )
(II)chips(0):Not using def mode"640*200"(bad mode clock/interlace/double scan)

(II)chips(0):Not using def mode"800*600"(vrefresh out of range )
(II)chips(0):Not using def mode"400*300"(bad mode clock/interlace/double scan)

This repeats on for various combos of screensizes.......

Then Finally,

'Fatal Server error:could not open default font fixed'

If any one needs me to copy & paste the entire logfile...plz let me know...

My laptop does not have Internet conection...SO I have to copy the log file into a floppy & then use it on my desktop ....

So also plz tell me how to copy the log file into the floppy...( am somewat new to Linux.still learning... )

Display

Display Type: 12.1" DSTN passive matrix integrated
Max Resolution: 800 x 600 ( SVGA )
Widescreen Display: No
Colour support: 24-bit (16.7 million colours)

Video
Graphics Processor / Vendor: C&T 65555 - PCI
Video Memory: EDO RAM - 2 MB
Supported Display Graphics: VGA (640x480), XGA (1024x768), SVGA
(800x600), SXGA (1280x1024)

Am ready to provide further info on this issue if reqd.

Any help is greatly appreciated. ......

Thanx.

theringmaster

Member

From: Air Force

Registered: 2007-07-16

Posts: 581

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Re: Help me..in configuring XFree86....

Hi,

I installed XFree86...in my old laptop running Arch Linux...

I installed it as per the procedure given in XFree86 website....

Everything went fine...The screen flicked for a second or two...But finally I got this message...

' Fatal Server error :
could not open default font 'fixed'

S0 I rebooted the system....& entered 'startx'...Again the same thing happened ( screen flickered for abt 2 secs )...

I checked the Logfile...Every thing was OK...But I found some lines that was not OK...

(II)chips(0):Built in Def monitor:using Drx-derived

(II)chips(0):Built in Def monitor:hsync range of 30.82-38.52 Khz
(II)chips(0):Built in Def monitor:hsync range of 60.0.0Hz
(II)chips(0):Built in Def monitor:clock range : 11.00 to 93.54 mhz
(II)chips(0):Not using def mode"640*350"(vrefresh out of range )
(II)chips(0):Not using def mode"640*350"(bad mode clock/interlace/double scan)

(II)chips(0):Not using def mode"640*400"(vrefresh out of range )
(II)chips(0):Not using def mode"640*200"(bad mode clock/interlace/double scan)

(II)chips(0):Not using def mode"800*600"(vrefresh out of range )
(II)chips(0):Not using def mode"400*300"(bad mode clock/interlace/double scan)

This repeats on for various combos of screensizes.......

Then Finally,

'Fatal Server error:could not open default font fixed'

If any one needs me to copy & paste the entire logfile...plz let me know...

My laptop does not have Internet conection...SO I have to copy the log file into a floppy & then use it on my desktop ....

So also plz tell me how to copy the log file into the floppy...( am somewat new to Linux.still learning... )

Display

Display Type: 12.1" DSTN passive matrix integrated
Max Resolution: 800 x 600 ( SVGA )
Widescreen Display: No
Colour support: 24-bit (16.7 million colours)

Video
Graphics Processor / Vendor: C&T 65555 - PCI
Video Memory: EDO RAM - 2 MB
Supported Display Graphics: VGA (640x480), XGA (1024x768), SVGA
(800x600), SXGA (1280x1024)

Am ready to provide further info on this issue if reqd.

Any help is greatly appreciated. ......

Thanx.

xfree86?? you mean xorg right?

pacman -S xorg

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rson451

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From: Annapolis, MD USA

Registered: 2007-04-15

Posts: 1,233

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Re: Help me..in configuring XFree86....

could not open default font fixed

i dont know anything about xf86, but sounds to me like you either need to make it aware of where you have the "fixed" font installed, install the "fixed" font, or change your default font to something you have installed.

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coderonline

Member

Registered: 2007-12-25

Posts: 3

Re: Help me..in configuring XFree86....

So should i install any font engine.......& then try.....Is there any suggestion on which font engine has all types of fonts..... that could resolve problem like these...????

andre.ramaciotti

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From: Brazil

Registered: 2007-04-06

Posts: 649

Re: Help me..in configuring XFree86....

Is there any reason to you not use Xorg?  I think Xfree86 is not being developed anymore.

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