----- Original Message -----
From: "Bukie Mabayoje" <bukiemab@xxxxxxx>
To: <xfree86@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 7:31 PM
Subject: Re: Partially successful installation/startup
> You need to update the Font Server Port # in your configuration file.
> Change the line FontPath "unix/:-1" to FontPath "unix/:7100"
>
> Norm wrote:
>
> > Sorry for the delay but I don't get on the 737 very often any more.
> >
> > Anyway, while I was watching it boot today, I noticed that during the
boot
> > process it said that the startup of the Font Server failed. That's
probably
> > why we can't execute 'init 5' to start X Window. Since we can execute
the
> > 'startx' script, everything we need is obviously there, but, I'd guess,
not
> > in the right places. What do I need to do to get the Font Server to
start
> > up during bootup?
>
> Go into /etc/init.d directory and search for xfs.
> Login as root
> do ./xfs start
> Did it start or failed?
>
> >
> >
Okay -- quick summary:
1. Linux based on RedHat 6.2 with 2.2.18 kernel with Real-Time Linux v3.1
patches applied.
2. Pentium III on a Single Board Computer with on-board Chips & Technology
(C&T) 69000 AGP with 2 MB video memory.
3. If we try to execute 'init 5' the system goes into a endless -- and
uninterruptible -- cycling of trying and failing to start the X Window
system
4. If, at a text shell prompt, we execute 'startx' the X Window system
starts perfectly.
5. During bootup one of the messages is that the X-Font Server failed to
start.
A. I changed the FontPath line in the XF86Config file as directed above.
B.. I executed '/etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs start' and it (apparently)
succeeds.
BUT .. trying to execute 'startx' afterwards fails with the message
[not exact wording]
"...can't find font: fixed ..."
and the system starts the endless trying-to-start-and-failing loop.
It was necessary to change the FontServer back to -1 in order to
have 'startx' work.
AND 'init 5' fails as before.
Clearly we can manually execute 'startx' after logging into a text shell
each time but we'd really like to get it to happen automatically on bootup.
Any suggestions?
Norm
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