xfs - gui - recent updates
john bray
jmblin at comcast.net
Tue Jan 17 20:00:22 UTC 2006
On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 10:08 -0600, Gregory P. Ennis wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-01-16 at 23:25 -0500, Tony Nelson wrote:
> > At 4:15 PM -0600 1/16/06, Gregory P. Ennis wrote:
> > >On Mon, 2006-01-16 at 12:03 -0600, Gregory P. Ennis wrote:
> > >> On Mon, 2006-01-16 at 12:55 -0500, Jack Aboutboul wrote:
> > >> > On Mon, 2006-01-16 at 11:09 -0600, Gregory P. Ennis wrote
> > >> > > Other observations that I have made include the X.org.0.log entry of:
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list!
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Fatal server error:
> > >> > > could not open default font 'fixed'
> > >> > >
> > >> > > I have also noticed that the xfs daemon is not running and when I try to
> > >> > > start it manually I get a "Segmentation Fault" error.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Has anyone else reported problems related to these updates. Can any of
> > >> > > you help me.
> > >> > >
> > >> >
> > >> > Greg,
> > >> >
> > >> > Do you use any non en-US locales with your machine?
> > >> >
> > >> > Jack
> > >> >
> > >> Jack,
> > >>
> > >> I am not sure what you mean by 'locales', but I do have Spanish, Greek,
> > >> and Hebrew on both of these units in addition to English. However, I
> > >> also have these fonts installed on outer FC4 units that are still
> > >> working.
> > >>
> > >> Greg
> > >>
> > >
> > >Jack or others on the List,
> > >
> > >Any more ideas about this problem. Do you think removing the Greek,
> > >Hebrew, and Spanish fonts would resolve things, or how about removing
> > >xfs and reinstalling it?
> >
> > Try creating a new user, log out, and log in as that user. If that fixes
> > the problem, try copying hidden files and directories (names starting with
> > ".") from your broken user to the new user until it breaks.
> > ____________________________________________________________________
> > TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson georgeanelson com>
> > ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/>
> >
> Tony,
>
> Both systems do not allow me to even get to the gui login screen. The
> login screen is presented but it is not identifiable. It appears as the
> resolution has been changed to something different than the monitor will
> allow.
>
> However, I will try your method by using a terminal interface and
> staring startx. Thanks for you help!!!!
>
> Thanks Again!
>
> Greg
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Tony,
>
> I tried creating a new user account, and doing a login on a terminal windown. When I started 'startx' I received the same errors.
>
> I had a third machine develop the same symptoms of not displaying a gui login screen. I am able to see the gui boot up process but when each system tries to switch to the gui login the display presents itself with some screwy lines.
>
> This all looks like the resolution has changed, but I have not changed any of the resolutions.
>
> Is there a way to change the resolution from a terminal window. I would like to try to change the resolution to the same as the default for the boot up gui process.
>
> Sure would appreciate anyone's help.
>
> Greg Ennis
>
>
this seems similar to what i've been going through. there appears to be
no interest from redhat in helping with/fixing it. there are a number
of us caught on it, and nothing seems to be forthcoming. see:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=169238
i think this is all the same problem. moving back to old x releases
appears to be one of the only solutions.
i too see a flash of the gui login (gdm greeter) screen and then it
crashes. i've done a bit of investigation, but am at a loss for where
to look further, at this point. there appears to be something related
to gdm (and kdm based on the bug report) starting x which causes it.
my current workaround is to boot into RL 3, login, and then run startx
manually. which, for me, works. but it sure is a drag.
john
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