libXfont

[Mart Raudsepp]

On Wed, 2006-07-12 at 14:54 +1000, Russell Shaw wrote:
> Hi,
> When i ran X11R7.1 Xserver that i compiled, it exits with:
> 
>    Fatal server error:
>    could not open default font 'fixed'
> 
> 
> So i downloaded:
> 
>    http://ftp.x.org/pub/X11R7.1/src/lib/libXfont-X11R7.1-1.1.0.tar.bz2
> 
> and ran:
> 
>    ./configure
>    make
> 
> after export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
> 
> 
> The make failed because "internal.h" from freetype2 is needed:
> 
>    freetype2/include/freetype/internal/internal.h
> 
> 
> Which X11R7.1 package contains freetype2 internal.h?

If you have freetype 2.2.x, then you want to use libXfont-1.2.0 instead:

http://ftp.x.org/pub/individual/lib/libXfont-1.2.0.tar.bz2

That version makes libXfont compatible with latest freetype.

I am not personally sure libXfont will make it see the 'fixed' font, but
I think that sadly libXfont will still be necessary for at least other
reasons.

Regards,
Mart Raudsepp