mr.laha,
you're a genius. need i say more?
there was a minor glitch, however. when i said "startx 2>& /mnt/xmsg", bash
told me it was an 'ambiguous redirection' and refused to execute. but when i
omitted the ampersand it worked without any problem.
thanks a ton -
t.
----- Original Message -----
From: "M.K. Laha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 10:42 AM
Subject: Re: [ilug-cal] broken X
> Tathagata Banerjee wrote:
> >
> > friends,
> > please advise me on my problem with X. it is really getting me down. i
> > messed with system fonts and now X will not start. what do i need to do?
> > -t.
>
> Dear Mr Banerjee,
>
> Here I am, again! I was hoping someone better informed than I would be
> at hand to solve your X problem but not seeing anyone come forward, I
> offer my two-bits-worth advice below:
>
> If I remember rightly, you are running RH 6.2. Please try out the
> following:
>
> 1. Login as your normal self (not as root). Copy the file
> /etc/X11/XF86Config to a safe place in your home directory.
>
> 2. Logout, then login as root. Open the file /etc/X11/XF86Config with
> your favourite editor (is it, like mine, vi?).
>
> 3. Look for where it says
> Fontpath "unix/:-1"
> near the top of the file.
>
> 4. Comment out this line by placing a # in column 1
>
> 5. Append the following lines below the one you just commented out:
>
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
>
> I don't know if all the fonts listed here are in RH 6.2, but no matter.
> As long as the misc fonts are there it should be okay.
>
> 6. Save the file and quit the editor.
>
> 7. Try starting X (its okay to do it as root). You can catch the
> displayed messages to a file by doing
> startx 2>&/tmp/xmsgs
>
> I'd appreciate a feedback on this. If you decided to try this out and it
> did work, that knowledge would puff me up quite a bit ;-) If it doesn't,
> then do send me the /tmp/xmsgs file.
>
> With all good wishes,
>
> - Manas Laha
>
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