Fatal Error Cannot Open Default Font
Search Tutorials/Articles Search HCL Search Reviews Search ISOs Go to Page... LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - Distributions > Linux From Scratch can't open default font "fixed" (problem solved,it's so silly) User Name Remember Me? Password Linux From Scratch This Forum is for the discussion of LFS. LFS is a project that provides you with the steps necessary to build your own custom Linux system. Notices Welcome to LinuxQuestions.org, a friendly and active Linux Community. You are currently viewing LQ as a guest. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. Registration is quick, simple and absolutely free. Join our community today! Note that registered members see fewer ads, and ContentLink is completely disabled once you log in. Are you new to LinuxQuestions.org? Visit the following links: Site Howto | Site FAQ | Sitemap | Register Now If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. If you need to reset your password, click here. Having a problem logging in? Please visit this page to clear all LQ-related cookies. Introduction to Linux - A Hands on Guide This guide was created as an overview of the Linux Operating System, geared toward new users as an exploration tour and getting started guide, with exercises at the end of each chapter. For more advanced trainees it can be a desktop reference, and a collection of the base knowledge needed to proceed with system and network administration. This book contains many real life examples derived from the author's experience as a Linux system and network administrator, trainer and consultant. They hope these examples will help you to get a better understanding of the Linux system and that you feel encouraged to try out things on your own. Click Here to receive this Complete Guide absolutely free. Search this Thread 11-24-2008, 08:10 PM #1 jimmerlin LQ Newbie Registered: Oct 2008 Posts: 8 Rep: can't open default font "fixed" (problem solved,it's so silly) it is about the xorg-7.4 and the fonts,when you trying to start X,it says it can't found the font "fixed",and if you cat /etc/x11/xorg.conf ,you will find the path are there and the files are there,and after endless google won't help,it's a nightmare. later i found the problem is the font were never there,yes,they appears to be there,but they were empty files,so what the hell is going on? try compile and make,you will find the misc fonts give this
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could not open default font 'fixed' Solution: This error comes up because the tigervnc services are unable to locate the default font as required to start the services. So you need to manually install those font rpm. Make sure that this package is installed # rpm -qa | grep libXfont If not you can install using yum command as shown below # yum install libXfont Now try to restart the services # service vncserver start
Starting VNC server: 2:root xauth: (stdin):1: bad display name "test.example:2" in "add" command
New 'test.example (root)' desktop is test.example:2
Creating default startup script /root/.vnc/xstartup
Starting applications specified in /root/.vnc/xstartup
Log file is /root/.vnc/test.openfire:2.log
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MultiPlatform InstallShield MultiPlatform 4.x Font error when running with Hummingbird Exceed If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. https://community.flexerasoftware.com/showthread.php?93850-Font-error-when-running-with-Hummingbird-Exceed You may have to register before you can post: click the register https://www.x.org/wiki/FAQErrorMessages/ link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. Results 1 to 5 of 5 Thread: Font error when running with Hummingbird Exceed Thread Tools Show Printable Version Subscribe to this Thread… Display Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch fatal error to Threaded Mode 04-04-2002,12:48 PM #1 jzimmerman Guest Font error when running with Hummingbird Exceed When I run my ISMP 4.5 installer on Solaris using a Hummingbird Exceed client from my Windows 2000 box, I get the following error message repeated several times: Font specified in font.properties not found [-urw-itc zapfdingbats-medium-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-sun-fontspecific] The error doesn't seem to hurt much although the font that ends up fatal error cannot being used in my panels is a bit small in places. When I run the GUI install directly on the Solaris box, I don't get the error messages. Any idea why I'm getting the problem with Exceed? Regards, Jeff Zimmerman NCS Pearson Reply With Quote 04-04-2002,12:50 PM #2 jzimmerman Guest I should add that I am using a default font of Dialog, 12pt in my installer. -Jeff Reply With Quote 04-04-2002,12:53 PM #3 Jeff Dillon Guest To make it work exactly the same, you need to setup Exceed to use the 'font-server' of your Solaris box. Look into your Exceed documentation on how to do this (It is somewhere buried in their config interface). Exceed does not have access to the font that the application is requesting. Exceed knows only the common X11 fonts, not the Sun fonts. Reply With Quote 04-04-2002,01:03 PM #4 jzimmerman Guest Thanks for the tip. I guess what you're saying is that the font is on the solaris box and not on my Windows box. In order for Exceed to work, it's got to get access to the font on the solaris box (by sett
don't immediately lead to a fatal server error (and the termination of the server) are marked in the log file by a (EE) at the beginning of the line. An error that leads to immediate server termination usually prints the line Fatal server error: followed by some explanation. I keep getting the error message: could not open default font 'fixed' I keep getting the message: "kernel module version is 1.1.1 but 1.3.1 or later is preferred." I keep getting the message: "AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0" I keep getting the message: "failed to initialize core devices" I keep getting the message: "Server is already active for display 0" I keep getting the message: "Cannot establish any listening sockets..." I keep getting the message "Unable to load required base modules, Exiting..." I keep getting the message: "no screens found" I keep getting the error message: could not open default font 'fixed' This was once by far the most popular Frequently Asked Question. It should no longer be seen on any recent X server release since the required fonts are now builtin to libXfont. The remaining answer mostly applies to old X server versions. To run X you need at least the font 'fixed' and 'cursor' to display a cursor image and be able to print meaningful error messages. If these fonts are not present the server doesn't start. My Xserver refuses to start and gives me the error message: Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full server output, not just the last messages. This can be found in the log file "/var/log/Xorg.0.log". Please report problems to xorg@lists.freedesktop.org. There may be different reasons for this: Somewhere (pretty much at the beginning of the log) there is a message: Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list! This message tells that the Xserver is trying to contact a font server which appearantly isn't running. So you need to get your font server up and running before you start X. How this is done depends heavily on the OS