Hi,

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> startx
> 
> :-)
> 
> Gave me a quick flash of the X start up banner
> (I saw Mark Brinicombe and other names)
> But then it reverted back to the text consoel with
> 
> 
> Couldn't open RGB_DB '/usr/X11R6.3/lib/X11/rgb'
> Initial console: 0
> RISCBSD X Server #33 (Acorn Show)
> width = 1024, height = 768 depth = 8
> mmap(0, c4000, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, 3, 0) - 102b7000
> 8bpp palette
> 8bpp palette
> Black = 1, White = 0
> InitInput() not finishedAbout to mieqInit()
> Mouse fd: 4
> Mouse on.
> failed to set default font path '/usr/X11R6.3/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6.3/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6.3/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6.3/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6.3/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/'
> Fatal server error:
> could not open default font 'fixed'
> X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).

This is _exactly_ where I can get to.
  
> Now /usr/X11R6.3/lib/X11/rgb does not exist 
> and as a matter of interest is not in xserver.tar either
> 
> The fonts are definitely there
> ls -l /usr/X11R6.3/lib/X11/fonts
> drwxr-xr-x  2 ireland  wheel  5120 Sep  5 17:56 100dpi
> drwxr-xr-x  2 ireland  wheel  5120 Sep  5 17:56 75dpi
> drwxr-xr-x  2 ireland  wheel   512 Sep  5 17:56 PEX
> drwxr-xr-x  2 ireland  wheel   512 Sep  5 17:56 Speedo
> drwxr-xr-x  2 ireland  wheel   512 Sep  5 17:57 Type1
> drwxr-xr-x  2 ireland  wheel  2048 Jul  8 18:00 cyrillic
> drwxr-xr-x  2 ireland  wheel  2048 Sep  5 17:57 misc

This is also _exactly_ what I am experiencing. Someone out there must
have had this problem and knows how to fix it????.

Thanks,

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