On Fri, 2004-07-23 at 13:46, Pete Nesbitt wrote: > 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 Something else (just did it again on a customer's computer) is to boot with a Knoppix CD and then make a copy of the wonderful /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 it creates, then use that as a starting point...(Knoppix makes troubleshooting linux so dang easy, dunnit?) stephen kuhn - proprietor __________________________________________________________________ illawarra computer services :: a kuhn media australia venture http://kma.0catch.com :: mobile 0410.728.389 Serving Sydney, The Illawarra, South Coast and Rural NSW __________________________________________________________________ * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents __________________________________________________________________ Mandrake GNU/Linux 10.0 OE/Kernel 2.6.3-7/ No Viruses here. "To YOU I'm an atheist; to God, I'm the Loyal Opposition." -- Woody Allen -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
