On Tue, 23 May 2000 - Civileme, you 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
--
I'm not a programmer, but it seems to me that anything so important should be
placed in a dedicated folder, (perhaps "sockets"?) located in a system
oriented branch of the filesystem (perhaps "var" or "x11").
Now don't get me wrong, I think the folks who produced Xfree86 did a superb
job, and the modifications provided by the Mandrake team are excelent.
It simply "feels" more logical to place files and folders necessary to system
operation in locations which are not so easilly percieved as "trashcans" or as
containing unimportant information.
Just my $2.00 worth (inflation) :)
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Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
