> Ashley Moore wrote:
> > try reinstalling the xfs fontserver rpm with a --force option
> > a similar thing happed to me and I just did a
> > rpm -Uvh --force X* (just do a 'rpm --help' and get the options right)
> > make a backup of your /etc/xf86config file (just in case ;-))
>
> Ashley,
> I believe there is no need for that, right now. The error is with
> fontpath.. so let it be corrected. Only if that does not work.. let me
> do some R&D here..
I think ashley is right. IIRC RH changed their distro to include
the xfs as the font server instead of the older scheme where the X server
itself would render the fonts.
What is broken in this case is clearly the xfs setup - as is clear
from the error reported by X. So I think it makes sense to reinstall xfs,
make sure that if you do a /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs start, then xfs comes up
decently and stays there, listening on a unix domain socket (do a
netstat).
> Specify these in place of unix:1 whatever you have. And see magic!
> If it does not work, only then reinstall your X server.
This will probably work also, but its an alternate setup. And
moreover in doing this you will probably lose your ttf fonts (which only
xfs knows how to render, the X server doesn't atleast as of 3.3.6).
Regards,
Kedar.
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