On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 15:10, stan wrote: > On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 11:58:20AM -0800, Mark Edwards wrote: > > On Friday, February 14, 2003, at 11:21 AM, stan wrote: > > > > >On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 11:46:47AM -0800, Mark Edwards wrote: > > >>On Thursday, February 13, 2003, at 11:29 AM, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > >> > > >>>On Thu, 2003-02-13 at 13:03, Mark Edwards wrote: > > >>>>>>I've fixed my XFree86 install, and I have 4.2.1 running. All of > > >>>>>>the > > >>>>>>ports mentioned above are installed. I am able to run xf86cfg > > >>>>>>graphically and configure, and I can run X using startx, which > > >>>>>>loads > > >>>>>>fine. > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>>However, when I do: > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>>sudo /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d/gdm.sh start > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>>I get: > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>>Feb 13 01:28:56 lilbuddy gdm[15381]: Failed to start the display > > >>>>>>server > > >>>>>>several times in a short time period; disabling display :0 > > >>>>> > > >>>>>I would need to see the X log to know if it's a gdm problem. > > >>>>>However, > > >>>>>I've never tried starting gdm under sudo. > > >>>> > > >>>>Well, the same behavior occurs if I just restart the machine and let > > >>>>the script be triggered normally, so I doubt that sudo has anything > > >>>>to > > >>>>do with it. Also, I successfully started gdm many times this way > > >>>>under > > >>>>gnome 2.0. > > >>>> > > >>>>I have posted /var/log/:0.log and var/log/XFree86.0.log here: > > >>>> > > >>>>http://mark.antsclimbtree.com/Xlog.txt > > >>> > > >>>Nothing useful here. You might try doing a forced rebuild of gdm2. > > >>> > > >>>Joe > > >> > > >>I got it. I tried switching to root, and running startx (root's > > >>.xinitrc was set to start gnome). I got a complaint that fontconfig > > >>couldn't start. Aha! > > >> > > >>I removed /usr/X11R6/etc/fonts and reinstalled > > >>/usr/ports/x11-fonts/fontconfig and voila! Everything's fine, AND I > > >>have anti-aliased fonts! Damn, that was painful, but I guess it was > > >>worth it. > > > > > >I"m fighting this exact same problem, and I was wondering if I could > > >trouble you with a couple of questions. > > > > > >You say you removed /usr/X11R6/etc/fonts. Do you mean the whole thing? > > >As > > >in evert font on the system? If so, exactly what did you do to reinstall > > >just the fonts? > > > > My /usr/X11R6/etc/fonts directory looks like this: > > > > total 16 > > -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 8618 Feb 13 11:35 fonts.conf > > -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 5712 Feb 13 11:35 fonts.dtd > > > > So, I removed that directory, and I did > > > > cd /usr/ports/x11-fonts/fontconfig > > make deinstall > > make clean install > > Thanks, I was confused, I thought yu were remooving the fonts themselves. I > had to remove the 75 dpi fonts on one of my machines to get fc-cahe to run.
Probably a corrupt font file. You might try removing XFree86-font*, then reinstall those ports to see if the problem goes away. Like I said, fc-cache runs just fine for me on four different machines (3 -STABLE, 1 -CURRENT). Two of them have custom TrueType fonts added as well. All of them have webfonts installed. Joe > > In any case, I've done this, and I will be able to test when I egt home. > > Thanks for the help. -- PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc
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