[TriLUG] XFree86 problem on Debian: "Could not open default font 'fixed'"

[Benjamin Reed]

On Sunday, August 24, 2003, at 7:26 PM, Faheem Mitha wrote:

> This doesn't answer your question, but would it not be easier to use a 
> X
> 4.3 backport to stable? Checking with apt-get.org shows a couple of
> sources.

Did you install "x-window-system" ?  I believe it's a meta-package 
that's supposed to install everything you need for xfree86 on debian.

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