Hello, I've posted this message over at the mailing list on fontconfig, but after some time, have received no reply and was hoping someone in this forum might be able to give me a list of the precise steps I must take to diagnose/resolve this problem: At the suggestion of the GTK+ web site, which I needed to install for Ethereal, I needed to install Pango, and to make that work, needed Fontconfig. I recently ran an installation of fontconfig and it wiped out my X interface. The error message reported a font problem. So, I reinstalled XFree86 (one suggestion) and I'm still getting an error. When I start X with the command "XFree86 -xf86config /root/XF86Config.new", I get a grey screen with the cursor in the middle (and the mouse moves the cursor fine). But that's as far as it gets. No windows. If I CTRL-ATL-BKSP, I see the following: Could not init font path element /usr/x11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/, removing from list! Could not init font path element /usr/x11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/, removing from list! these directories exist with files in them. Thanks in advance for any help that anyone can provide David _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
