This is the expected behavior. You didn't start any window
manager, you only started the server. Install your XF86Config
file in /etc/X11/ and run startx.
Mark.
On Fri, 24 Sep 2004, David Berlind wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've posted this message over at the mailing list on fontconfig, but
> after some time, have received no reply and was hoping someone in this
> forum might be able to give me a list of the precise steps I must take
> to diagnose/resolve this problem:
>
> At the suggestion of the GTK+ web site, which I needed to install for
> Ethereal, I needed to install Pango, and to make that work, needed
> Fontconfig. I recently ran an installation of fontconfig and it wiped
> out my X interface. The error message reported a font problem. So, I
> reinstalled XFree86 (one suggestion) and I'm still getting an error.
> When I start X with the command "XFree86 -xf86config /root/XF86Config.new", I
> get a grey screen with the cursor in the middle (and the mouse moves
> the cursor fine).
> But that's as far as it gets. No windows. If I CTRL-ATL-BKSP, I see
> the following:
>
> Could not init font path element /usr/x11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/,
> removing from list!
> Could not init font path element /usr/x11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/,
> removing from list!
>
> these directories exist with files in them.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help that anyone can provide
>
> David
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