Black Screen After YUM Update Revisited:

[Mark Sargent]

Paul Howarth wrote:

> Mark Sargent wrote:
>
>> Paul Howarth wrote:
>>
>>> Mark Sargent wrote:
>>>
>>>> Paul Howarth wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Mark Sargent wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> well guys, xfs was started, and then when starting X Server from 
>>>>>> in level 3, I got the same errors, and the nVidia splash screen 
>>>>>> appeared where the X Server should, I guess. Anything else to 
>>>>>> try..? Cheers.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> What's the output of the following commands:
>>>>>
>>>>> $ /usr/sbin/chkfontpath --list
>>>>> $ rpm -q fonts-xorg-base
>>>>>
>>>>> On my machine, the "fixed" font is defined in 
>>>>> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/fonts.alias to be an alias of 
>>>>> "-misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1". 
>>>>> Do you have an entry for "fixed" in 
>>>>> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/fonts.alias? Is 
>>>>> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc listed as one of the directories in 
>>>>> the output of "chkfontpath --list"?
>>>>>
>>>>> Paul.
>>>>>
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> fixed  -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
>>>>
>>>> Will check the output of the commands you've listed now. Cheers.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Could you also please run system-config-date and set your timezone 
>>> to Japanese time instead of EST?
>>>
>>> Cheers, Paul.
>>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Paul, I honestly don't know why the time-zone is showing that, 
>> because, I can assure you, my PC time is correct, timezone and all. 
>> That's weird.
>
>
> Very wierd, because your mozilla-mail client is convinced you're in 
> -0500 rather than +0900.
>
>> Here is the output for the commands. Also, the rpm of fonts-xorg-base 
>> showed not installed, and yum said no such pkg exists when trying to 
>> install. Cheers.
>
>
> Ah yes, you're talking about an FC2 system, not an FC3 system. The 
> equivalent package there should be: xorg-x11-base-fonts
>
>> Current directories in font path:
>> 1: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled
>> 2: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled
>> 3: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled
>> 4: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1
>> 5: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo
>> 6: /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1
>> 7:
>> 8: /usr/share/fonts/ja/misc:unscaled
>> 9: /usr/share/fonts/ja/misc
>> 10: /usr/share/fonts/ja/TrueType
>
>
> Try editing /etc/X11/fs/config and remove the blank entry in the font 
> catalogue between /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1 and 
> /usr/share/fonts/ja/misc:unscaled.
>
> Try removing the fonts.dir file in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc and 
> then do "service xfs restart", which should regenerate a fresh copy of 
> it.
>
> Paul.
>
Hi All,

ok, Paul, will give those suggestions a shot. BTW, how is my time-zone 
now..? Think I fixed it, although, it didn't seem broken..lol..cheers.

Mark Sargent.