-----Original Message----- From: shrike-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:shrike-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Anthony J Placilla Sent: Thursday, 5 May 2005 10:23 PM To: Discussion of Red Hat Linux 9 (Shrike) Subject: Re: XFree86 Errors 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 Thankyou, I'll check that out. I completely forgot about the font server. That's what happens when a system just runs without error for a few years. Wolf ###################################################################### City of Botany Bay Council: This e-mail message is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please delete the message and notify the sender. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author. This email was scanned and cleared by NetIQ MailMarshal. ###################################################################### -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
