Yikes. Is it doing exactly the same thing as it was before you added that line? Or was it behaving differently?
It might be useful to see the log file again :) On Thursday 30 January 2003 5:21 pm, Roger Harden wrote: > John Tapsell - thanks for your reply. I've added the line, FontPath > "unix/:-1" to the XF86Vonfig file. > On rebooting the system it loops continuously between showing me the text > login screen and a blank screen. Have you any further suggestions please? > Roger Harden > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Tapsell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 4:35 PM > Subject: Re: [XFree86] X windows crash > > > Hi! > > > > It is possible that the font server is listening on "unix/:-1" rather > > than "unix/:7100" > > > > To rule out that possibility, and make the config file more robust for > > later, > > > edit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and look for where it says: > > > > FontPath "unix/:7100" > > > > And add in > > > > FontPath "unix/:-1" > > > > (You can leave them both in their. It will use whatever it can) > > > > Let me know how whether this works. > > > > JohnFlux > > > > On Thursday 30 January 2003 10:00 am, Roger Harden wrote: > > > Hi! I'm new to Linux so please bear with me; I have been running > > > Redhat Linux version 8.0 successfully with the X system configured for > > > about 3 weeks. > > > > > > After one restart, initiated from the closedown dialog in X windows, > > > the > > X > > > > system failed to reload. I have checked that the font server xfs is > > still > > > > running and feel that one or more files have been corrupted. I note > > > that this is possible with XFree86 version 4.2.0 from the upgrade > > > notes for version 4.2.1. > > > > > > Could you please advise me on the best way to recover the X windows > > system; > > > > should I try and upgrade to 4.2.1? I attach the relevant log file. > > > > > > Regards > > > Roger Harden > > > > _______________________________________________ > > XFree86 mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
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