The "FIX" for this problem is to start XFS!
Try:
"service start xfs"
>From a prompt...
Tail /var/log/messages for any errors...
-JMS
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Scott Wagner
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 12:56 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] X won't start default font fixed
Hi
I got home from work today and turned my computer on, and was confronted
by the error message "could not open default font path unix/:1 Fatal
server error: could not open default font fixed" and X would not start.
I have been told that one way to fix this problem, at least temporarily,
is to comment out the "FontPath unix/:-1" line in /etc/X11/Xf86Config.
However I have not been able to access the file from the command line.
Pico is not not installed. I think I have opened vim from the command
line but have no idea how to use it. Is there anothe editor I could use
that doesn't run on X that is likely to be installed on my system? Does
anyone know of any other solutions? Is this something that could be
fixed from the failsafe option from Lilo? I have never used that
either. Thanks, SW
