-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 09 December 2003 20:01, Richard Ruth wrote: > I am attempting to startx (with X using XFS) and > receive the following near the end of > /var/log/XFree86.0.log: > > Could not init font path element unix/:-1, removing > from list! > > Fatal server error: > could not open default font 'fixed' > > 1. xfs is running (ps shows it)
[snip] > when running Gentoo there is NOT any /tmp/.font-unix > directory or socket within the directory. > > Is X looking for this? Why isn't it there? (I was > looking for something like /tmp/.font-unix/fs-1) > > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. netstat -nlp You should have a line like this unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 4874 2556/xfs /tmp/.font-unix/fs-1 If not, firstly I'd try stopping and restarting xfs. I use xfs, with the same config as you (the default) on at least 2 boxes and it works fine. - -- Mike Williams > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/1i5eInuLMrk7bIwRAu2KAKCCMnbBvssagGCUDsCWTV+d4F5UCQCeJ5yc YVH8kitfiplgbkALXsm5xtk= =3apa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
