Ubuntu
gdm package

gdm start aborted, fixed fonts missing after upgrade from 7.04h4

Bug #89002 reported by Wolf Rogner
2
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gdm (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Medium
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gdm

After upgrade I got an error

Fatal error
could not open default font 'fixed'.

/etc/X11/xorg.conf was same as before (aka I did not edit it, the installation did not change it)

After adding:
 FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"

to the "Files" section, it started successfully.

The other pointers:
 FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
 FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
 FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
 FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
 FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
 FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"

DO NOT point to either font files, nor to any font declaration (alias) files.

I did not go into detail as to how the X-server addresses fonts, but the configuration files can be found in 3 (THREE) different places. However, changing the version in /etc/X11 fixes the problem.

Does the X-Server hardcode the font paths?

I suggest fixing this issue within Ubuntu and redirecting it to Xorg for permanent fixing.

Revision history for this message
Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for your bug. What version of the xserver-xorg-core package do you have?

Changed in gdm:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
Revision history for this message
Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

No reply, bug closed. Feel free to reopen with the asked informations if you still get that problem

Changed in gdm:
status: Needs Info → Rejected
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