RE: [newbie] can't startx
Sheez all these complex answers to a simple problem... Type "service xfs restart" THEN try "startx" -JMS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Errant Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 5:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] can't startx Hi all, I suddenly can't get x up and running on my LM8 box. After issuing the startx command as Root from console, it returns the following: >Could not init font path element unix/:-1, removing from list! > >Fatal Server Error: >could not open default font 'fixed' Can someone help me fix this, and explain how it might have happened? Thanx a bunch, E
Re: [newbie] can't startx
"unix/:-1" is how Xserver connects to xfs, the X font-server. Going by the message you got, when xfs tried to upload its fonts to your X-server, some files or folders containing fonts were missing. Running Xconfigurator may have updated the configuration file for xfs (the file is /etc/X11/fs/config) to not include the missing path, OR, Xconfigurator dropped the command to download fonts from xfs. Look in /etc/X11/XF86Config in the "FontPath" section, if xfs is being used for serving fonts you'll see a line that looks like: Load "unix/:-1" You really do want this line in your XF86Config as xfs lets you use scalable fonts and TrueType fonts, which is a big plus as the standard X fonts look awful in higher resolutions. On Tuesday 07 August 2001 19:42, Errant wrote: > Running Xconfigurator worked... but why did I have this problem in > the first place? And how would I avoid it in the future? > > Thanx again, > > E > > >On Tuesday 07 August 2001 5:58 pm, you wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I suddenly can't get x up and running on my LM8 box. After issuing > >> > >> the startx command as Root from console, it returns the following: > >> >Could not init font path element unix/:-1, removing from list! > >> > > >> >Fatal Server Error: > >> >could not open default font 'fixed' > >> > >> Can someone help me fix this, and explain how it might have happened? > >> > >> Thanx a bunch, > >> > >> E > > > >Try typing in Xconfigurator and running that. > >Might get you back and running again. > > Robin
Re: [newbie] can't startx
Running Xconfigurator worked... but why did I have this problem in the first place? And how would I avoid it in the future? Thanx again, E >On Tuesday 07 August 2001 5:58 pm, you wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I suddenly can't get x up and running on my LM8 box. After issuing >> >> the startx command as Root from console, it returns the following: >> >Could not init font path element unix/:-1, removing from list! >> > >> >Fatal Server Error: >> >could not open default font 'fixed' >> >> Can someone help me fix this, and explain how it might have happened? >> >> Thanx a bunch, >> >> E > >Try typing in Xconfigurator and running that. >Might get you back and running again. > Robin
Re: [newbie] can't startx
On Tuesday 07 August 2001 5:58 pm, you wrote: > Hi all, > > I suddenly can't get x up and running on my LM8 box. After issuing > > the startx command as Root from console, it returns the following: > >Could not init font path element unix/:-1, removing from list! > > > >Fatal Server Error: > >could not open default font 'fixed' > > Can someone help me fix this, and explain how it might have happened? > > Thanx a bunch, > > E Try typing in Xconfigurator and running that. Might get you back and running again. Robin
