I had this problem yesterday-- The x file server demon, xfs keeps dying. Our problem here was that /tmp was 100% full. try a df and see. It might be a simple solution. Michael Luchtan http://www.cs.uga.edu/~luchtan On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, George Socker wrote: > On Wednesday, January 14 2004 09:25 am, Floca-Maxim Sergiu wrote: > > Because the old version of XFree86 didn't recognize my proSavage > > videocard, I have updated the XFree86 with version 4.3.0. NOw it > > seems that I have another problem, with the fonts. > > > [Log snipped] > The font server is not running, so the required fonts cannot be loaded. > Either figure out why the font server is not running, or disable it and > use the X server built-in font handling. > > Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list! > > > > Fatal server error: > > could not open default font 'fixed' > > > > When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send > > the full server output, not just the last messages. > > This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log". > > Please report problems to xfree86@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* > > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > > _______________________________________________ > > XFree86 mailing list > > XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86