> hi > yesterday i was playing around in linux i was puting stuff in inetd etc and > playing with the startup later when i trieg to boot X it tried to load then > flashed back to the console with the message below. > yes i know it says to send all output not just the ones here but i could not > work out how to pipe the whole output into a file (how do u do that BTW). > i hope the formating of the message is right but i had to do a straight copy > to winbloze through samba so i had to reformat the message anyway here it > is.... Try startx >logfile 2>&1 > Mach64: Font cache: 0 fonts_FontTransSocketUNIXConnect: > > Can't connect: errno = 111 > failed to set default font path 'unix/:-1' > Fatal server error:could not open default font 'fixed' X font server (xfs) isn't running. Seems to be a common problem with RedHat 6.0 / 6.1 distributions - wonder what changed? /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs start should do the trick. > ps > i know this probebly sounds stupid but i have fegotton how to rmdir a whole > directory including subdirs recursily without having to empty them first.. i > cant find it in the man pages and it get really anoing when u cant get into > x to do it...... rm -rf /path/to/directory/directoryname (-r recursive, -f force). > If everything in life is coming your way > Your in the wrong lane. ;-) Ahh... that's why people keep honking me! ---<GRiP>--- Grant Parnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Ph: 02-9715-6171 Mobile 0408-686-201 Web: http://www.poboxes.com/gripz -- SLUG - Sydney Linux Users Group Mailing List - http://www.slug.org.au To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in the text
