Problems with X on Slackintosh about default font 'fixed'

d1s4st3r · 10-28-2007, 03:48 AM

Hi,
I just installed a fresh new Slackintosh 12.0 on an Apple G3 "BlueBerry". Everything worked fine, but I encountered a problem with X.
When I run it (for example with "startx" from the console), I get this error:

[...]
Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'
[...]

But I'm sure I have installed all the available fonts.
Any suggestions?

Thanks kindly

checkmate3001 · 10-28-2007, 04:06 AM

Could you post your xorg.conf?

d1s4st3r · 10-28-2007, 05:28 AM

Sure, here it is:

Code:

Section "Module"
    Load        "dbe"  	# Double buffer extension

    SubSection  "extmod"
      Option    "omit xfree86-dga"   # don't initialise the DGA extension
    EndSubSection

    Load        "freetype"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
    #FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath   "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
    FontPath   "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
    FontPath   "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath   "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath   "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
    FontPath   "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
    FontPath   "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
    FontPath   "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
    FontPath   "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier	"Keyboard1"
    Driver	"kbd"
    Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
    Option "XkbRules"	"xorg"
    Option "XkbModel"	"pc105"
    Option "XkbLayout"	"us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier	"Mouse1"
    Driver	"mouse"
    Option "Protocol"    "Auto"	# Auto detect
    Option "Device"      "/dev/input/mice"
    Option "ZAxisMapping"   "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier  "My Monitor"
    HorizSync   31.5 - 57.0
    VertRefresh 50-70
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier	"Standard VGA"
    VendorName	"Unknown"
    BoardName	"Unknown"
    Driver     "vga"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "** ATI Rage 128 based (generic)       [r128]"
    Driver      "r128"
    #VideoRam    2048
    # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier  "Screen 1"
    Device      "** ATI Rage 128 based (generic)       [r128]"
    Monitor     "My Monitor"
    DefaultDepth 24

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes       "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes       "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes       "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier  "Simple Layout"
    Screen "Screen 1"
    InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

I already tried to install any kind of possible fonts, xfs, and tried to run "fc-cache -fv" to update fonts cache, but without results.
Here are the contents of the file "/usr/share/fonts/misc/fonts.alias", just in case it may help:

Code:

! $Xorg: fonts.alias,v 1.3 2000/08/21 16:42:31 coskrey Exp $
fixed        -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
variable     -*-helvetica-bold-r-normal-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
5x7          -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--7-70-75-75-c-50-iso8859-1
5x8          -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--8-80-75-75-c-50-iso8859-1
6x9          -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--9-90-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
6x10         -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--10-100-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
6x12         -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--12-110-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
6x13         -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
6x13bold     -misc-fixed-bold-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
7x13         -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-c-70-iso8859-1
7x13bold     -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--13-120-75-75-c-70-iso8859-1
7x13euro     -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-c-70-iso8859-15
7x13eurobold -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--13-120-75-75-c-70-iso8859-15
7x14         -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--14-130-75-75-c-70-iso8859-1
7x14bold     -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--14-130-75-75-c-70-iso8859-1
8x13         -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-c-80-iso8859-1
8x13bold     -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--13-120-75-75-c-80-iso8859-1
8x16         -sony-fixed-medium-r-normal--16-120-100-100-c-80-iso8859-1
9x15         -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso8859-1
9x15bold     -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso8859-1
10x20        -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--20-200-75-75-c-100-iso8859-1
12x24        -sony-fixed-medium-r-normal--24-170-100-100-c-120-iso8859-1
nil2         -misc-nil-medium-r-normal--2-20-75-75-c-10-misc-fontspecific

heb6x13      -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-8
heb8x13      -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-c-80-iso8859-8

k14          -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-*-jisx0208.1983-0
a14          -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
r14          -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-*-jisx0201.1976-0
rk14         -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-*-jisx0201.1976-0
r16          -sony-fixed-medium-r-normal--16-*-*-*-*-*-jisx0201.1976-0
rk16         -sony-fixed-medium-r-normal--16-*-*-*-*-*-jisx0201.1976-0
r24          -sony-fixed-medium-r-normal--24-*-*-*-*-*-jisx0201.1976-0
rk24         -sony-fixed-medium-r-normal--24-*-*-*-*-*-jisx0201.1976-0
kana14       -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-*-jisx0201.1976-0
8x16kana     -sony-fixed-medium-r-normal--16-120-100-100-c-80-jisx0201.1976-0
8x16romankana -sony-fixed-medium-r-normal--16-120-100-100-c-80-jisx0201.1976-0
12x24kana     -sony-fixed-medium-r-normal--24-170-100-100-c-120-jisx0201.1976-0
12x24romankana -sony-fixed-medium-r-normal--24-170-100-100-c-120-jisx0201.1976-0
kanji16      -jis-fixed-medium-r-normal--16-*-*-*-*-*-jisx0208.1983-0
kanji24      -jis-fixed-medium-r-normal--24-*-*-*-*-*-jisx0208.1983-0

hanzigb16st "-isas-song ti-medium-r-normal--16-160-72-72-c-160-gb2312.1980-0"
hanzigb24st "-isas-song ti-medium-r-normal--24-240-72-72-c-240-gb2312.1980-0"
hanzigb16fs "-isas-fangsong ti-medium-r-normal--16-160-72-72-c-160-gb2312.1980-0"

olcursor   "-sun-open look cursor-----12-120-75-75-p-160-sunolcursor-1"
olglyph-10 "-sun-open look glyph-----10-100-75-75-p-101-sunolglyph-1"
olglyph-12 "-sun-open look glyph-----12-120-75-75-p-113-sunolglyph-1"
olglyph-14 "-sun-open look glyph-----14-140-75-75-p-128-sunolglyph-1"
olglyph-19 "-sun-open look glyph-----19-190-75-75-p-154-sunolglyph-1"

fixed -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--7-50-100-100-c-50-iso8859-1 -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--7-70-75-75-c-50-iso8859-1
fixed -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--8-60-100-100-c-50-iso8859-1 -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--8-80-75-75-c-50-iso8859-1
fixed -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--9-80-100-100-c-60-iso8859-1 -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--9-90-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
fixed -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--10-70-100-100-c-60-iso8859-1 -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--10-100-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
fixed -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--12-90-100-100-c-60-iso8859-1 -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--12-110-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
fixed -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-100-100-100-c-60-iso8859-1 -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
fixed -misc-fixed-bold-r-semicondensed--13-100-100-100-c-60-iso8859-1 -misc-fixed-bold-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
fixed -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-100-100-100-c-70-iso8859-1 -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-c-70-iso8859-1
fixed -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--13-100-100-100-c-70-iso8859-1 -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--13-120-75-75-c-70-iso8859-1
fixed -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-100-100-100-c-80-iso8859-1 -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-c-80-iso8859-1
fixed -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--13-100-100-100-c-80-iso8859-1 -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--13-120-75-75-c-80-iso8859-1
fixed -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--14-110-100-100-c-70-iso8859-1 -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--14-130-75-75-c-70-iso8859-1
fixed -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-120-100-100-c-90-iso8859-1 -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso8859-1
fixed -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-120-100-100-c-90-iso8859-1 -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso8859-1
fixed -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--20-140-100-100-c-100-iso8859-1 -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--20-200-75-75-c-100-iso8859-1
fixed -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-100-100-100-c-60-iso8859-8 -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-8
fixed -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-100-100-100-c-80-iso8859-8 -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-c-80-iso8859-8
fixed -sony-fixed-medium-r-normal--16-150-75-75-c-80-iso8859-1 -sony-fixed-medium-r-normal--16-120-100-100-c-80-iso8859-1
fixed -sony-fixed-medium-r-normal--16-150-75-75-c-80-jisx0201.1976-0 -sony-fixed-medium-r-normal--16-120-100-100-c-80-jisx0201.1976-0
fixed -sony-fixed-medium-r-normal--24-230-75-75-c-120-iso8859-1 -sony-fixed-medium-r-normal--24-170-100-100-c-120-iso8859-1
fixed -sony-fixed-medium-r-normal--24-230-75-75-c-120-jisx0201.1976-0 -sony-fixed-medium-r-normal--24-170-100-100-c-120-jisx0201.1976-0
fixed -jis-fixed-medium-r-normal--16-110-100-100-c-160-jisx0208.1983-0 -jis-fixed-medium-r-normal--16-150-75-75-c-160-jisx0208.1983-0
fixed -jis-fixed-medium-r-normal--24-170-100-100-c-240-jisx0208.1983-0 -jis-fixed-medium-r-normal--24-230-75-75-c-240-jisx0208.1983-0

Thanks!

psychicist · 10-30-2007, 12:11 PM

Did you actually run the mkfontdir script from the Slackintosh setup, if it has one? I have the same problem on my own port (because of a missing installer), so I have to run the setup scripts from pkgtool again and/or reinstall the fonts.

I don't know which of the two does it, but afterwards X can be started the normal way.

d1s4st3r · 10-30-2007, 01:53 PM

I already tried with mkfontdir, but without results.

So, temporary I found a "raw" solution:
I deleted fonts.alias file and made a new one with two lines only (with something like):

Code:

fixed -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--7-50-100-100-c-50-iso8859-1 -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--7-70-75-75-c-50-iso8859-1
cursor -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--7-50-100-100-c-50-iso8859-1 -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--7-70-75-75-c-50-iso8859-1

I know, it's quick and dirty, but at least it works!

evilDagmar · 10-31-2007, 02:45 AM

No, this is exactly what happens when you don't run the scripts in /var/log/setup like you're supposed to.

You should either do this, or report to the Slackintosh maintainers that their stuff is broken.