It sounds like your font server isn't running.
type /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs status and see what it says.
/etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs start should start it if its stopped.
On 30/12/99, Donny said:
>OK heres a weird problem ive been having recently. Its resulted in me re-installing
>mandrake 6.1 a number of times, and the same thing happened in redhat 6.1.
>
>On occation, ive had to restart, unproperly... without using the reboot command. Ive
>had to do this when it locks up or something.
>
>When i reboot, X wont start. So i have to boot into runlevel 3 to get to the console.
>When i run startx from the console, it gives the error:
>
>failed to set the default font path 'unix/:-1'
>could not open default font 'fixed'
>
>HELP!
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