On Sun, 12 Dec 1999, John Marr wrote about, Cannot start Xwindows:
> Greetings:
>
> I have been unable to start Xwindows. The system begins to boot into
> graphics mode, then kicks out and leaves behind the following message:
>
> Cannot connect: errno = 111
> Failed to set default font path `unix/:-1`
> Fatal server error
> Could not open default font `fixed`
>
> I took Larson's advice and tried to look to see what started xfs. The
> result of grep xfs /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/* was:
But if you look into the file itself you will see the path to the config
file, i have redhat 6.1 but i think 6.0 was also /etc/X11/fs/config
In that file the path to the fonts are defined.
The syntax of which is defined in man xfs
I do not know if that is you problem, but i sure would check.
>
> /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S90xfs:# xfs: Starts the X Font Server
> /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S90xfs:# Version: @(#) /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs 1.3
> /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S90xfs:# processname: xfs
> /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S90xfs: daemon --check xfs su xfs -c xfs -s /bin/sh
> /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S90xfs: touch /var/lock/subsys/xfs
> /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S90xfs: killproc xfs
> /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S90xfs: rm -f /var/lock/subsys/xfs
> /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S90xfs: status xfs
> /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S90xfs: if [ -f /var/lock/subsys/xfs ]; then
> /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S90xfs: killproc xfs -USR1
> /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S90xfs: daemon --check xfs su xfs -c xfs -s /bin/sh
> /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S90xfs: touch /var/lock/subsys/xfs
> /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S90xfs: echo "*** Usage: xfs {start|stop|status|restart}"
>
>
> I did not see any specifications for -config or error-file=. Am I looking
> in the wrong place? What config file does xfs use?
grep config /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S90xfs will show the path.
>
> I was looking to see if maybe the 'fixed' font was missing, but it is in
> the misc directory of X11R6/fonts/. Does anyone have any idea what to do?
I rather think "fixed" is a definition in the program itself as i cant find
any referance to fixed when greping tho, files concerning X, matbe Lawson
knows. He is more of an X-files man than i.
Scully!!!.
The truth is IN there somewhere.
>
>
> Any help is welcomed:
>
> John Marr
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