Thanks a lot! I seem to have fixed the original problem now in almost the way you described. I replaced the unix/:7100 line with the paths where the fonts were installed. This stopped the crashing problem in much the same way as excluding the line altogether as many fonts offered in gimp etc were still missing. I was unable to locate them anywhere on my hard drive so I added the unix/:7100 line AFTER the other font paths (the crashing problem persists if it checks whatever is at the end of port 7100 first) and now I have access to the full range of fonts and no crashing. I don't know how stable this will be but it seems to work for now :) Quoting "Zirzlaff, Torsten" <TZirzlaff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Hi. > > > Von: Michael Devereux [mailto:michael.devereux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > Gesendet: Dienstag, 27. Juli 2004 15:33 > > An: xfree86@xxxxxxxxxxx > > Betreff: (Another) xfs 'could not open default font > > 'fixed'' error > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I know this type of problem gets posted a lot but after > > reading through the archives I still can't fix it! I recently > > installed XFree86 v4.4.0 on my redhat 8.0 machine. I couldn't > > find an rpm so used the install script which seemed to > > work fine after creating a nasty 'makeshift' .xsession file in my home > > directory. xfs starts ok and the gnome-session loads no > > problem. The problem starts when I load certain software and > > web pages which crash xfs with the 'Could not init font path element > unix/:7100, removing from > > list!' error message in the log file. I assume this is due to a > problematic font > > required by them? > > I assume that your xfs is running into trouble with some fonts. > A potential culpit could be the ArialUnicode TTF or a openType Font. > > That you could not access the fixed font also indicates that your > xfs and/or font directories are misconfigured. Try to use instead of the > unix/:7000 in the fontpath the diretories (each directory in a new line > with the > Fontpath keyword) where you have stored your fonts. > > So far I have never understood why people start a xfs on a single > machine. > > On the other hand try to find find a test-case which crashes your xfs > and look with lynx or any other text-browser what font actually crashes > your > xfs. Remove this font from your font directory. > > Your crashing due 'could not open default font 'fixed'' you have to > declare > one font as your fixed font. In most cases you have to modify one > font.alias > file. > > [...] > > Please help! > > > > Thanx, > > > > mike > > _______________________________________________ > > XFree86 mailing list > > XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > > Ciao > > Torsten > > > ******************************************* > Diese E-Mail enthaelt vertrauliche und/oder rechtlich geschuetzte > Informationen. Wenn Sie nicht der richtige Adressat sind oder diese E-Mail > irrtuemlich erhalten haben, informieren Sie bitte sofort den Absender und > loeschen Sie diese Mail. Das unerlaubte Kopieren sowie die unbefugte > Weitergabe dieser Mail ist nicht gestattet. > > This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you > are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please > notify the sender immediately and delete this e-mail. Any unauthorized > copying, disclosure or distribution of the contents in this e-mail is > strictly forbidden. > ******************************************* > > > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
