On Sat, 2002-10-26 at 17:45, Oisin C. Feeley wrote: > On Sat, 26 Oct 2002 MC@norteamericano.cl wrote: > > > i have problems with X in redhat 8.0 > > > > the computar say me > > > > fatal server error: > > could not open default font 'fixed'... > > > > [snip entire irrelevant digest] > > Hi, > I've retitled your post with a more informative subject. This will help > anyone else that uses a search engine to find answers. > > Please do not "Reply" to posts if you are not answering or asking a > question specifially related to them. Start a new thread instead by > composing a mail to "newbie@xfree86.org" with an appropriate subject line. > > Please do not quote material unrelated to your post. You quoted the > entire digest which means that everyone on this list got a HUGE mail from > you which didn't help you or them. > > Now, on to your question. Do you have a section like this in your > /etc/X11/XF86config?: > > Section "Files" > # RgbPath is the location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of > the > # file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally > # no need to change the default. > # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) > # By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of > # the X server to render fonts. > RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" > FontPath "unix/:7100" > EndSection > > If you don't then you might want to try running "redhat-config-xfree86 > --reconfig" on the commandline as root. > > If you do, then do you have a firewall running on the machine or an > overly-restrictive tcpwrapper setting with /etc/hosts.deny? Also is your / or /var partition full (df) if so this will stop xfs starting > HTH, > Oisin Feeley > > > _______________________________________________ > > Newbie@XFree86.Org > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie -- Linux, Gnome what more do you need http://www.redtux.demon.co.uk _______________________________________________ Newbie@XFree86.Org *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
