On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 17:38:46 -0700, Austin wrote: > >>When I boot RH 9, Linux 2.4.20-8 the x server will not start, and the > >>monitor cycles on and off. There is a "Fatal server error: could not > >>open default font 'fixed'" > >> > >>I can get to XF86Config but I've mucked around with the font paths here > >>before with no luck. Does any anyone know how to fix this problem > >>without reinstalling Linux? > >> > >> > > > >Not enough information to decide on what has been damaged. > >Is the font server (xfs) running? service xfs status > >If not, enable it and start it before you try to start X again. > >(chkconfig xfs on ; service xfs start) > > > > > Yes it is. > ps -ef | grep xfs > xfs 3661 1 0 10:12 ? 00:00:00 [xfs] > > There is no /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 backup. It was working fine > yesterday, and when i booted this morning x would not come up. I might > have make some resolution changes yesterday before shutting down. " rpm > -qa --last | tac | tail" shows nothing. More details needed. What XFree86 packages are installed? $ rpm -qa 'XFree86*' Verify all of them: $ rpm -qa 'XFree86*' | xargs rpm -V Post your /etc/X11/fs config file, too. Then still the fonts.dir and fonts.alias files might be damaged. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
