Hi all, I have a very annoying problem with my latest xorg-x11 installation. After merging version 6.7.0-r2 I get the following error from "startx": could not load default font "fixed" I am SURE (double checked) that I have all fonts under /usr/share/fonts/... and correct setting in xorg.conf ("FontPath" "/usr/share/fonts/misc/" ..."). Forums gave me no answer, Google gave me no answer, I am somewhat lost here :( Has anybody an idea? I can't work until my computer is running again! Greetings and TIA, Matthias PS: I get the same error with xorg-x11-6.8.0-r1 PPS: I do NOT have xfs running and do NOT have a "tcp:..." line in xorg.conf Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: I just have to "startx" from console...
Created attachment 41624 [details] my xorg.conf file
donnie@supernova ~/dev/overlay/sys-cluster/lam-mpi $ grep 'fixed ' /usr/share/fonts/misc/fonts.alias fixed -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1 See whether you can reproduce the above -- also might be a good idea to see whether that font exists (/usr/share/fonts/misc/6x13-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz). Also, please attach output from `emerge info`. When's the last time it was working with this configuration file, and with which package and version? Your xorg.conf looks fine.
Thx for your quick response. I am working on this now since ~20 hours :( Problem started when switching to an old ATI Radeon card yesterday, since my nvidia card got killed. Someone on IRC told me to re-emerge xorg-x11 version 6.8.0, I did so. Afterwards I could start X, but got no good resolution settings. Today I still could not find the issue, and I got angry on this old ATI card. So I bought a new nvidia based GeForceFX card, and switched back to nvidia openGL. Ergo: fixed font problem again :( So I re-re-merged xorg-x11-6.7.0-r2, switched - again - back to nvidia openGL, and now it works! Any ideas whats going on here? Greetings, Matthias
I'm very confused by that explanation. It sounds like 6.8 had this bug, yet the bug says 6.7.0-r2. And for some reason you re-merged X to switch video cards? Could you clarify with which version(s) and drivers you actually hit this bug, and with which version(s) and drivers you've tested and they work fine?
ok, sorry for maybe confusing you :) 1. switched from xfree to xorg, no problems 2. then my nvidia card was killed 3. i installed an old ATI card 4. first time this font problem occured (why? i just rebooted for HW switch) 5. i updated from 6.7.0 to 6.8.0 6. no font problem anymore, but problems with ATI drivers and resolutions settings instead 7. new nvidia geforce 8. afters reboot fixed font problem again (??) 9. downgrade to 6.7.0 and nvidia drivers, no problems anymore I hope you could follow this explaination :) greets, Matthias
You hit the problem twice? Once with 6.7.0-r2 and ATI card, then you upgraded to 6.8.0-r1 and apparently got the problem again there after switching to an Nvidia card. So this bug should have both versions in the summary, right?
exactly. But the strange thing is, that I did nothing SW related while switching video cards. I just rebooted, so that I can install the card itself, and after the reboot I got the "fixed font" problem... greets, Matthias
is this still reproducable with current xorg ebuilds? did you ever verify the command listed in comment #2?
Sorry, totally forgot about this bug :/ It's now working with current xorg ebuild! Greetings and thx, Matthias
Fixing bug status to reflect solution.
-> Fixed
