On my machine the fonts are in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts does this
directory exist on your machine. Also I would suggest hat you run xconf or
xf86config or XF86Setup again. This will probably help set the links. I
remember somewhere it asks whether to set a symbolic link.
On Mon, 24 Jul
2000, Steven Ackerman wrote:
> Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 01:29:27 -0700
> From: Steven Ackerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: Linux Newbie List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Failed to set default font path 'unix/: -1
>
> See below:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Actually I think that either you changed the path to your fonts directory
> > or the fonts directory actually does not exist.
>
> The only thing that I did prior to this problem was update my current version of
> bind from the rpm at redhat.com and edit /etc/inetd.conf via the program
> /usr/sbin/setup as instructed by Lance Spitzner from his whitepaper at
> http://www.enteract.com/~lspitz/linux.html.
>
> The following services are what I had stopped:
> S05apmd
> S10xntpd
> S11portmap
> S15sound
> S15netfs
> S20rstatd
> S20rusersd
> S20rwhod
> S20rwalld
> S20bootparamd
> S25squid
> S34yppasswdd
> S35ypserv
> S35dhcpd
> S40atd
> S45pcmcia
> S50snmpd
> S55named
> S55routed
> S60lpd
> S60mars-nwe
> S60nfs
> S72amd
> S75gated
> S80sendmail
> S85httpd
> S87ypbind
> S90xfs
> S95innd
> S99linuxconf
>
> Some of the above services were not listed when I ran /usr/sbin/setup, however, I
> turned off all that were. I have since tried turning them back on and rebooting
> but this did not help.
>
> If somehow my font path was changed or is not there, how do I fix that?
>
> ----8<snip----------------------
>
> > Noah
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> -Steve
>
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