Debian: I like it :)

[Mike Coleman]

Yes, the fonts should be pulled in automatically, but if your X config file is
so messed up that it isn't accessing them, it won't matter that they're
there.  As someone else suggested, check your /var/log/X*.log to see the
explicit error messages.  If you can't see what's wrong there, go ahead and
post a copy here.

Mike

James Colannino <email2jamez at covad.net> writes:
> I know for a fact that the font server is running, so I think you're right.
> It was complaining because the font paths were messed up.  It asked me earlier
> if I wanted to install the Microsoft standard true type fonts and I said no
> because I didn't have them off hand to install with the system.  I thought
> that the X packages on Debian would install some fonts to use regardless, but
> should I go back and install them?
> 
> James
> 
> Mike Coleman wrote:
> 
> >James,
> >
> >The "something"s that you are omitting are probably important.  The X server
> >won't abort just because it can't find a font server on port 7000 (I think).
> >It will abort if it can't find the font 'fixed', if I recall correctly, so if
> >your font paths are totally screwed up, that could cause the problem.
> >
> >Mike
> >
> >
> >James Colannino <email2jamez at covad.net> writes:
> >
> >>I got it to start working.  Now I have another problem.  It starts loading
> >>KDE, then the X server aborts suddenly in the middle of loading the Window
> >>Manager.  When I read the output to tty1, it said something to the effect of:
> >>
> >>(something about fonts) unix:7000 Font (something) not found!
> >>Exiting on Signal 11, X Server aborted
> >>
> >>That is nothing like what it actually said, but I hope what I typed includes
> >>the most important elements.  Any ideas?
> >>
> >>James
> >>
> >>Don Erickson wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>In article <3E8DF88C.6010107 at covad.net> you write:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>1) When I tried to 'startx,' I got the error, "No screens found."  I
> >>>>installed KDE and Gnome, and I ran multiple methods of configuring X, but
> >>>>to no avail.  What's going wrong?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>In /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, X isn't finding a screen configuration that it
> >>>can use.  There's a "Screens" section in there with resolutions and color
> >>>depths.  It's been a while since I installed a debian distribution, which
> >>>X configure methods did you use?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>2) It installed KDE 2.2.2.  That is extremely old.  I know they have a rep
> >>>>for being stable and that there is a reason, but how would I go about
> >>>>updating to a Debian-specific version of KDE 3.1?  Likewise, I would also
> >>>>like to upgrade GNOME.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>Well, include this line in /etc/apt/sources.list:
> >>>
> >>>deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian sid main contrib non-free
> >>>
> >>>Then, run the commands "apt-get update" followed by "apt-get install
> >>>kdebase".  This will get you started.
> >>>
> >>>Oh, and have a wide pipe.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Regards,
> >>>
> >>>-Don
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
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> >
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-- 
Our local university offers a three hour course, College Algebra, which covers
"elementary algebra, solution of equations, functions, exponential and
logarithmic functions, inequalities, systems of linear equations, equations of
second degree and their graphs, binomial theorem, complex numbers, and
polynomials".  They also offer a three hour course which covers Office 2000.
Does this mean that Office is as simple to learn as College Algebra?