Ubuntu XGL packages

[Tiago Vignatti]

On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 02:52:43PM +0100, James Duncan wrote:
> I have installed the dapper xgl package on sid, but when I attempt to start
> XGL, it fails out with the following error.  I can however see it start up,
> but it crashes about half a second after the screen appears.
> 
> <SNIPPAGE>
> Could not init font path element /usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/, removing from
> list!
> Could not init font path element /usr/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/, removing from
> list!
> Could not init font path element /usr/lib/X11/fonts/OTF, removing from list!
> 
> Could not init font path element /usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/, removing from
> list!
> Could not init font path element /usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID/, removing from
> list!
> Could not init font path element /usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/, removing from
> list!
> Could not init font path element /usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/, removing from
> list!
> 
> Fatal server error:
> could not open default font 'fixed'
> XIO:  fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ": 10.0"
> after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
> Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console
> 
> I am also wondering if this is due to the xgl package ( 7.0.0.0) being a bit
> older then the sid xorg package (7.0.14).
> 
> Any ideas on how to fix this are appreciated, or is it just simpler to build
> from source?

You must set the right font path to Xgl when you call it. Like "Xgl :1 -fp
/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc/".

> 
> James Duncan

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