Thanks for the info guys ~ my font server is up & running again. Gnome takes
ages to start, but that's another problem for another day (it's 2am over
here in the UK now!)
Thanks again,
Del.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Date: 04 December 1999 22:15
Subject: Re: Font Server not running
>Sorry about that. I guess I was getting a bit testy.
>
>RH's default configuration is set up to use a fontserver. The easiest
>way to get it working again is probably to get the fontserver working
>again.
>
>You might have your system administrator try
>
>xfs &
>
>and watch the logs. try ps ax, and see if it's still running. If it
>is, try X --probeonly.
>
>Oh, - change the font path back to unix/:-1 :-). I don't know what it
>means, exactly, but it seems to work when the fontserver works.
>
>For logs, try /var/log/messages, /var/log/syslog, and /var/log/debug, or
>look in /etc/syslog.conf to see where they are going.
>
>Man XF86Config is kind of heavy going at first, but it's worth a read.
>
>I am only guessing, but I _think_ the fontserver is called xfs.
>
>Lawson
> >< Microsoft free environment
>
>This mail client runs on Wine. Your mileage may vary.
>
>
>On Sat, 4 Dec 1999, Del Kennedy wrote:
>
>> Hi ~
>>
>> Thanks for the reply, Lawson. I tried setting the FontPath to the
>truetype
>> directory you suggested, but now X starts without any window manager at
>all.
>> If I switch runlevel to start it, it flicks back and forth between the
>> RedHat login screen and a plain, blank Xwindows desktop forever (even
>F3
>> doesn't work - I have to hit h/w reset).
>>
>> Trying to start up the gdm daemon manually has the same effect. I've
>been
>> trying to find a log file, but cannot. Perhaps I'd better finish off my
>Perl
>> script to search out all files updated within the last n hours and try
>to
>> find the log that way !
>>
>> Del.
>>
>
>
>
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