Well, that seems to be the essence of the problem. RH9 is unable to start the display server. I will try the other steps that you recommended. My /etc/fonts/fonts.conf looks the same as yours. -----Original Message----- Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2003 21:00:16 -0400 From: Greg Jones <gjones@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: fontconfig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Problems going from RH8 to RH9 Reply-To: fontconfig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx First, ensure that the X font server is set up correctly and is running. You may want to restart it.