[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On my machine the fonts are in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts does this
> directory exist on your machine.
Yes, it exists on my machine.
> Also I would suggest hat you run xconf
I ran this at your suggestion and I can now start gnome again. When the problem first
began I was able to run gnome when I typed "startx" after the problem began. I still
get the problem however when I boot. And I cannot start KDE.
Any other suggestions?
> 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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> Noah
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