Your font server isn't running. See the man page on 'xfs'.
Also, RedHat probably has some utility to configure and start the
font server. It used to be you could enable it via ntsysv.
Mark.
On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello
>
> I got an fatal error. X11 folder seems to be corrupt somehow.
> What should I do now?
>
> Information:
>
> - When I start Linux (IT Linux 2002, Red Hat), output is [Ok], [Ok], ...
> but then: xfs [Failed] can't open configuration file
> "usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fs/config"
>
> - I checked the folder, and there is error:
> - ls /usr/X11R6/lib -> listing shows also X11
> - [b]ls /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 -> Error message: Input/output error[/b]
>
> When I start Linux, it also gives:
> - Starting sendmail: make: Entering '/etc/mail'
> make: ***warning: File 'virtusertable.db' has modification time in the
> future (2005-09-25 15:28:18 > 2005-09-25 13:42:17)
> make: warning: Clock skew detected. Your build may be incomplete.
> make: leaving directory '/etc/mail' [ok]
> - xfs error: fatal: couldn't read config file [Failed]
> - Starting Wine: [Failed]
>
> I tried to check disk, it looked clean:
> - umount /dev/hda2
> - fsck /dev/hda2
> : version ....
> : clean, ... files ... blocks
> - mount /dev/hda2
> : already mounted or / busy
> : according to mtab dev/root is already mounted on /
>
> Log /var/log/XFree86.0.log has the following:
> - ...
> - Couldn't open RGB_DB '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb'
> - PEXExtensionInit: Couldn't open default PEX font file Roman_M
> - ...
> - Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap
> - Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list
>
> startx outputs still error messages and also this message:
> - Fatal Server Error: could not open default font 'fixed'
>
> So X is not working. Should I install Linux again and format /-partition?
> Or should I ask X11-folder with contents from somebody?
>
>
> Best Regards
>
> M. Foxman
>
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