Is what my problem is that I have somehow lost my "fixed" font in my /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc folder which is preventing x from starting.
Does anyone know where to get this font? I cannot find it anywhere. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cynthia Grossen Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 11:25 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [XFree86] xfree server problem > Do you by chance know the command to start it? XFS(1) - X font server (USEAGE: xfs [-config configuration_file] [-port tcp_port]) http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/cgi-bin/man-cgi?xfs+1 CHKFONTPATH (8) a simple interface for adding, removing, and listing directories in the X font server's path. http://linux.ctyme.com/man/man0223.htm XFree86 Font De-uglification HOWTO A.2.1. Setting the xfs FontPath The default Red Hat installation of xfs serves fonts via a Unix Domain Socket. We'll need to tell the X server where to look for xfs, and thus fonts. The FontPath in /etc/X11/XF86Config must include for Red Hat 6.x: FontPath "unix/:-1" This is changed for Red Hat 7.x to: FontPath "unix/:7100" At least for a default configurations. This is a reference to the socket where xfs is listening. You may include additional FontPaths, but these will be handled by the X server, and not xfs. A clean install of Red Hat 6/7 should have this already set up, but if you are upgrading from an older version, you may have to change this yourself! xfs then has its own, separate FontPath stored in /etc/X11/fs/config. This is where it will look to find fonts. This is over and above the X server's FontPath in XF86Config. You can either add the new path(s) with a text editor, or use the chkfontpath command: # chkfontpath --add /new/font/path The FontPath must exist before running chkfontpath. The relevant section of /etc/X11/fs/config should now look something like this: catalogue = /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi, /new/font/path When adding a new FontPath for TrueType fonts, you will want to do this step after installing and preparing the fonts. See the next section. http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/mini/other-formats/html_sing le/F DU.html#INTRO > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Mahoney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 12:01 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [XFree86] xfree server problem _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
