I've had this same thing happen, it was a couple of things.
The root of it is: Your font server (xfs) isn't running, and won't
start. (try "ps -ef | grep xfs").
Starting it by hand usually won't work. You'll need to fix "why" it
didn't start.
Check that /tmp & /var aren't either full, or very nearly so, and check
their permissions. In my case the permissions on /tmp were wrong, and
the required processes couldn't write to it (hence, xfs would not start).
With that corrected, try starting xfs manually via "service xfs start".
Then check for it "ps -ef | grep xfs" Once you have that running, X
will start. (it just won't run without it's font server).
I hope that helps. Good luck.
Ric
Sheldon E. Newhouse wrote:
>Hello,
> I'm hoping that there is someone who can help. I sent this message
>several times and got some suggestions which did not work.
>
>After a system crash I lost the capability to start X.
>
>I get the error messages
> failed to set default font path 'unix/:-1'
> could not open default font 'fixed'
>
>I know that X can run because in the boot sequence it runs the graphical
>boot screen. There must be some file somewhere that needs to be adjusted
>or removed. It won't load X as root or any user. I even reinstalled the
>X packages to no avail.
>
>Next step is to just reinstall the whole damn thing.
>
>Anyone have any ideas about what and where to fix the font path
> 'unix/:-1' ?
>
>TIA,
> -sen
>
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