Or possibly did you recently add any font's such as true type fonts
during
your last x session?
Civileme wrote:
>
> giancarlo wrote:
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > Suddently my XWindowns stopped to work. When I do startx I recive the
> > follow message:
> >
> > -FontTransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
> > failed to set default font path 'unix/:-1'
> > Fatal server error:
> > could not open default font 'fixed'
> >
> > What I did. I reinstall the follow rpm pakages;
> > XFree86-3.3.6-4mdk.i586.rpm
> > XFree86-Xnest-etc
> > XFree86-Xvfb-etc
> > XFree86-xfs-etc
> >
> > but it didn't work. What so now? Thanks a lot.
> > --
> > Jo�o Carlos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > ICQ - 33.965.439
> > usu�rio Linux # 106644
>
> Somehow your /tmp was scrubbed, removing files pointed to by
> links--the files are sockets but the links say they are there and
> of course they are gone.
>
> Check /tmp for directories and files....
>
> I think (tm) you might be able to restore service by running
> Xconfigurator or by running X without the font server. Then run
>
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs restart
>
> This structure was changed in 7.1 so the sockets reside in
> /root/tmp and are not subject to this sort of deletion.
>
> Civileme
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