Using up2date killed X

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Mo, den 21.02.2005 schrieb Timothy J. Finucane um 21:05:

> I recently used up2date to get the latest updates for my new server, including X.org updates. After
> the updates were complete I decided to reboot the server. When the machine came back up I no
> longer had a working X window system. I took a look at the log files for X and found the following
> entry:
> 
> Fatal Server Error: Could not open default font 'fixed'
> 
> Anyone have some ideas on how to correct this issue? Has anyone else experienced this after
> running updates for X?

> Tim

I have better experiences to update X in runlevel 3 only. up2date has
the --nox option for this.

Anyway, be sure the xfs service is running. Be also sure you have enough
free space, especially on the partition where the /tmp directory is.

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fedora-list&w=2&r=1&s=Could+not+open+default+font+%27fixed%27&q=b

Alexander


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