this message usually means the X Font Server is not running. that is why, before you type "startX" (try it as root, without the quotes) "service xfs start". A little note, the color bootup screen has little to do with actual running X. That is a program called "aurora" and is not Xwindows. All that shows is that you have a video card that can do color, and that you have selected to run Aurora when booting. try serching for x font server On Monday 10 September 2001 22:26, you had thoughts to the concept of: > Hello, > I'm hoping that there is someone who can help. I sent this message > several times and got some suggestions which did not work. > > After a system crash I lost the capability to start X. > > I get the error messages > failed to set default font path 'unix/:-1' > could not open default font 'fixed' > > I know that X can run because in the boot sequence it runs the graphical > boot screen. There must be some file somewhere that needs to be adjusted > or removed. It won't load X as root or any user. I even reinstalled the > X packages to no avail. > > Next step is to just reinstall the whole damn thing. > > Anyone have any ideas about what and where to fix the font path > 'unix/:-1' ? > > TIA, > -sen ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: ----------------------------------------
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