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fixed font not found 
Symptom 
Solution 
Analysis 
A common case of startx/xinit failure 
1. Check if the X font server is running. 
2. Check if the font 'fixed' is accessible. 
3. Rebuild font list. 
4. Fonts really missing? 

fixed font not found 

Symptom 

I got the "fixed font not found" error when trying to startx in NK.

Solution 

unix:7100 => unix/:7100

Analysis 

Locate the problem 

  1. Locate where the fixed font is: misc
  2. Issue only the path that has the fixed font in XF86Config, ok
  3. Copy all previous font paths back, while move the "misc" to the top — error again
  4. Comment out the font server "unix:7100", ok

    -- so the problem is the font server problem.

Analysis 

fsinfo -s localhost:7100

— ok

$ fsinfo -s unix:7100
_FSTransSocketINETConnect: Can't get address for unix
fsinfo:  unable to open server "unix:7100"