On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 19:25:11 +0100 "Allan Rabenau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've somehow lost something which causes X not to start when I boot
> (from HD or from Boot Floppy). After all the normal boot messages,
> apparently X tries to start, but I get only the quick CL prompt, and
> then X appears to try to start again, then the prompt, over and over.
> Booting into linux 3 allows me to se in /var/log/XFree86.0.log the
> following:
> Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list
> Fatal server error:
> Could not open default font 'fixed'
Yep, here's the problem. X is looking for a font named 'fixed'. You
need to regenerate your font directory. Go into each font directory and
run mkfontdir. Then try to restart X.
> I've reloaded X from the install CD's, to no avail. Can anyone give
> me any aid? Thanks,
> Al
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ciao,
David A. Bandel
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