Cannot read output after "make xconfig" with 2.6.5

[Timothy Murphy]

When I "make xconfig" with linux-2.6.5
all the characters in the GUI are replaced by little squares,
as though I were using a non-existent font.

What am I doing wrong (or more likely, not doing right)?

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