yes the Font server is a useless POS for stand alone applications, get rid of it, set up hardcoded font paths you will be happy you did. probally about 25% of the X startup errors people get is due to the font server not running. 8) G.L. ----- Original Message ----- From: Oli Comber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Fernanda Emanuella Silveira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 8:44 AM Subject: RE: [XFree86] Error startx
> Your font server isn't running. Start it with '/etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs start' > and try again. > > If this doesn't work, check back in the xfree86.org list archives for info on > how to set manual font paths. As you're probably not interested in serving > fonts to other machines, I think you'll find it a lot easier to use standard > font paths instead of the fontserver. > > Best of Luck :0) > > -Oli > > > >===== Original Message From Fernanda Emanuella Silveira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ===== > > Hello, > > Can anybody help me, please? > > Thank you, > > > > > > > > FERNANDA EMANUELLA SILVEIRA > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.507 / Virus Database: 304 - Release Date: 8/4/03 _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86