> After working for a while with no real problems, X won't start up anymore.
> 
> The message I get is:
> 
> cant locate default font "fixed"
> 
> I may have deleted something, but it was unintentional (which means I don't
> have any idea what it was.)
> 
> Any thoughts on how to troubleshoot this?

My guess would be that the font "fixed" is in fact corrupted.  (Have you 
had to fsck any time recently and lost an inode or 2?)

Anyway, I'd get a copy of the X distribution and pull out the fixed font 
from it.  (I'm not real sure where it goes (but probably in 
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts or somewhere close to that).

I hope this helps.

Later.

-- 
Colin Wood                                      ender@is.rice.edu
Consultant                                        Rice University
Information Technology Services                       Houston, TX