On Thu, 2005-05-05 at 17:42 +1000, Gill, Wolfgang wrote: > Has any one seen this error before?? > > 'Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list > Fatal server error: Could not open default font "fixed"' > > I get the above error when I try to start X. I get the Nvidia signon > screen then that error. I have gone and reinstalled ALL the XFfree86 > components and checked for lock files etc and I still get this error. > I'd like to get it running so that I can back the system up and install > RHEL4. But until I backup the system I can't do that. I've googled for > that error, and what had turned up didn't work for me. I need to get > some stuff which is in the KDE desktop and heaps of other stuff. This > system had been up and running for a while, so there's heaps of data to > backup before I can trash it. This has been the first real problem that > I've had with it. It's been running great otherwise. > > Wolf > check to make sure the font server is running ps aux |grep xfs if not, start it & make sure it's set to initialize on system restart in the run control scripts as root: service xfs start chkconfig xfs on -- Tony Placilla, RHCT anthony_placilla@xxxxxxxx J.O.A.T. GPG-Key-ID: 1024D/C78F8B64 http://pgp.mit.edu Key fingerprint = A8D5 7AFF CE88 4179 C792 D9A9 F197 2A15 C78F 8B64 -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
