Hi there,
this is from http://www.mandrakeuser.org/xwin/xtroub.html
"...X doesn't load at all ('can't load font fixed')
There is something wrong about your fontpath. Make sure you have the X font
server xfs installed (rpm -qa | grep xfs) and that it is running (pidof
xfs). Have a look at /etc/X11/XF86Config. The fontpath setting should look
like this:
FontPath "unix/:-1"
Have a look at /etc/X11/fs/config. Do you have all the font directories that
are listed therein?"
A quick way of making X to run again (at least from the console that I have
tried myself) is to edit the
XF86Config file and replace
FontPath "unix/:-1"
with the actual paths and filenames of the fonts in your systems,
effectively bypassing the fonts server that is causing you troubles.
This worked for me once, you'll then get X running again and then you can
figure out what went wrong in the first place.
HTH
Cheers,
Makis.
-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick Erler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, 28 June 2000 5:31 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [expert] x is not starting anymore
hallo Expert!
suddenly xdm behaves strange.
i try to login from another pc with x-win32.
i start xdm at the console of the linuxbox. after that ps -x brings:
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[root@orbit /home/ftp/pub]# ps -x |grep x
25679 ? S 0:00 xdm
25690 ? S 0:00 xdm
25712 ? S 0:00 /etc/X11/X -auth
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/authdir/authf
25713 ? S 0:00 xdm
25715 pts/3 R 0:00 ps -x
25716 pts/3 S 0:00 grep x
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but i can't log into the linuxbox.
some seconds after that ps -x brings:
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[root@orbit /home/ftp/pub]# ps -x |grep x
25679 ? S 0:00 xdm
25690 ? S 0:00 xdm
25733 pts/3 R 0:00 ps -x
25734 pts/3 S 0:00 grep x
25735 ? R 0:00 /etc/X11/X -auth
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/authdir/authf
25736 ? S 0:00 xdm
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see the changed PIDs and three times xdm?!
xdm-error.log brings as the last lines:
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_FontTransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
failed to set default font path 'unix/:-1'
Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'
When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
the full server output, not just the last messages
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what can i do with this?!
PAT
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