* Tom White tom@bulldogcountry.com [20061007 17:13]:
"grml-x fluxbox" quit starting X on my grml hd system a couple of "aptitude upgrade"s ago; X can't find the "fixed" font.
Looking through my font directories I found that most of my "fonts.dir" files were now only "0". I tried "mkfontdir" but got another 2 byte "fonts.dir".
Most of the font directories contain "font.alias" files rather than font files; I assume "mkfontdir" can't find the fonts listed in "font.alias"
What should I do to correct my "fonts.dir" files?
New X.org-packages have different font directories, so some settings in xorg.conf need to be adjusted. grml-x can handle this, but grml-x does not generate a new xorg.conf if one exists already, unless you force it to do so. Therefore try running:
grml-x -force fluxbox
If that does *not* fix your problem please provide output of 'dpkg --get-selections|grep xfont ; grml-version ' and your xorg.conf for starting debug the problem on your system.
regards, -mika-