On July 22, 2004 07:40 pm, Austin wrote: > Michael Schwendt wrote: > >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'" > >>>> <snip> > > > >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. > > The fonts.dir and fonts.alias files in their respective directories in > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/* look undamaged. I assume the below > "unscaled" is an argument" as it is not a file. > # rpm -qa `Xfree86*` | xargs rpm -V > -bash: Xfree86*: command not found Austin, I just read the thread and have a few comments. > # rpm -qa `Xfree86*` | xargs rpm -V > -bash: Xfree86*: command not found That should be 'singe quotes' (lower case ") not `tic marks` And what did you mean by > ... I might > have make some resolution changes yesterday before shutting down." I'd agree with Stephen, find a backup and compare them, you may have set the resolution out of range for you video/monitor. -- Pete Nesbitt, rhce -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
