When the primary partition ran out of space, since there was no space for /tmp, I created a symbolic link called /tmp pointing to a directory realtmp on the new partition with space. Why will this not work, on a standard linux-on-PC setup? The Xserver keeps restarting on reboot and complains of not finding fonts etc. The syslog and Xfree logs are as follows: Syslog: ------ Jan 7 12:48:34 dhcp-691-1 gdm[2041]: gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting :0 Jan 7 12:48:46 dhcp-691-1 gdm[2048]: gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting :0 Jan 7 12:48:58 dhcp-691-1 gdm[2051]: gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting :0 Jan 7 12:49:07 dhcp-691-1 gdm[2054]: gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting :0 Jan 7 12:49:19 dhcp-691-1 gdm[2057]: gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting :0 Jan 7 12:49:32 dhcp-691-1 gdm[2060]: gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting :0 Jan 7 12:49:41 dhcp-691-1 gdm[2064]: gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting :0 Jan 7 12:49:58 dhcp-691-1 xfs[1894]: terminating Xfree86 log: ----------- Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list! Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' I never touched any fonts ... I have no idea what's going on ... Swapnil Bhatia Graduate Project Assistant Ethernet in the First Mile UNH InterOperability Lab http://www.iol.unh.edu/ Tel: +1-(603)-862-3582 On Wed, 7 Jan 2004, Jay R. Ashworth wrote: > On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 12:53:01PM -0500, Swapnil Bhatia wrote: > > Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list! > > > > Fatal server error: > > could not open default font 'fixed' > > FAQ! > FAQ! > FAQ! > > This means that your Xserver installation did not install any fixed > fonts (or it put them in a non-standard location that your Xconfig file > doesn't know to look in), which is usually because it also installed a > font server -- and yours has fallen over. > > If a reboot doesn't clear this, it's usually because either you shut it > off (with ntsysv or equivalent) or because it's failing when it starts; > check your syslog. > > Cheers, > -- jra > -- > Jay R. Ashworth jra@xxxxxxxxxxx > Member of the Technical Staff Baylink RFC 2100 > The Suncoast Freenet The Things I Think > Tampa Bay, Florida http://baylink.pitas.com +1 727 647 1274 > > Come see Linux Gazette in our new home: www.linuxgazette.net! > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
