On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, Kenneth E. Lussier wrote:
> All,
> Is anyone out there well versed in the ways of X? I started up my
> system a little while ago, and I couldn't get X to start. I ran startx,
> and all of the usuall stuff scrolled by, the screen went black (which is
> normal), then it just kicked back to the console with an XIO error. I
> haven't made any changes to my system in about a week or so, and it was
> working fine yesterday. I ran the output to a file (attached). Any one
> have any ideas what happened??
Ken,
It's not a bug, it's a feature! By default on RH 6.X systems, the only
way X has access to fonts is via the font server (xfs). You either didn't
install it, or it isn't running. Or, possibly, the configuration got
whacked...
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"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" "Who watches the watchmen?"
-Juvenal, Satires, VI, 347
Derek D. Martin | Senior UNIX Systems/Network Administrator
Arris Interactive | A Nortel Company
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