It was the .xsession-errors file that was over 15 gig. It took up all the disk space and then would not all the xwindows to write to the /tmp dir. Thanks for the idea though! Paul -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Edward Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 8:53 PM To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: Re: X windows error Paul Beckman wrote: > > > Hey, I have a problem with X windows not starting. I have Big-Brother > and Cacti running on this server and it ran out of disk space. I > cleaned some stuff up and now have about 100 megs free but X windows > will not start. The error log is attached. Any help would be greatly > appreciated. Also let me state that I am relativity new to Linux so I > am working on limited knowledge but I am not afraid! > > This is the short error... > > > Fatal server error: > could not open default font 'fixed' Check whether xfs is running Regards, Ed -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list