x server fatal font error fix

[Jyce]

On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 13:06:00 -0400 (EDT)
rahul b jain cs student <rbj2 at oak.njit.edu> wrote:

> 
> 
> On Fri, 23 Jul 2004, Austin wrote:
> 
> >
> > Jean-Christophe Valiere wrote:
> >
> > >Selon Austin <auji at cruzio.com>:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >>Michael Schwendt wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 17:38:46 -0700, Austin wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>Yes it is.
> > >>>>ps -ef | grep xfs
> > >>>>xfs   3661   1   0   10:12 ? 00:00:00 [xfs]
> > >>>>
> > >>>>There is no /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 backup.  It was working fine
> > >>>>yesterday, and when i booted this morning x would not come up.  I might
> > >>>>have make some resolution changes yesterday before shutting down.  " rpm
> > >>>>-qa --last | tac | tail" shows nothing.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>More details needed. What XFree86 packages are installed?
> > >>>
> > >>> $ rpm -qa 'XFree86*'
> > >>>
> > >>>Verify all of them:
> > >>>
> > >>> $ rpm -qa 'XFree86*' | xargs rpm -V
> > >>>
> > >>>Post your /etc/X11/fs config file, too.
> > >>>
> > >>>Then still the fonts.dir and fonts.alias files might be damaged.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>The fonts.dir and fonts.alias files in their respective directories in
> > >>/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/*  look undamaged.  I assume the below
> > >>"unscaled" is an argument" as it is not a file.
> > >>
> > >>The /var/log/XFree86.0.log is huge so I won't post it unless it's
> > >>helpful... however I neglected to post the "Could not init font path
> > >>element unix/:7100, removing form list! message.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >I think the probleme come from here as xfs share its font to other X app (xdm
> > >...)
> > >Can you give us the "Section Files" from XF86Config ??
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >>#############################################
> > >>#/etc/X11/fs/config
> > >># Default font server configuration file for Red Hat Linux
> > >>#
> > >>
> > >># allow a max of 10 clients to connect to this font server
> > >>client-limit = 10
> > >>
> > >># when a font server reaches its limit, start up a new one
> > >>clone-self = on
> > >>
> > >># alternate font servers for clients to use
> > >>#alternate-servers = foo:7101,bar:7102
> > >>
> > >># where to look for fonts
> > >>#
> > >>catalogue = /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled,
> > >>        /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,
> > >>        /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,
> > >>        /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc,
> > >>        /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,
> > >>        /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo,
> > >>        /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic,
> > >>        /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF,
> > >>        /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1,
> > >>        ,
> > >>
> > >>
> > >         ^^^^ You should remove thath
> > >
> > >
> > >>        /usr/lib/openoffice/share/fonts/truetype
> > >># in 12 points, decipoints
> > >>default-point-size = 120
> > >>
> > >># 100 x 100 and 75 x 75
> > >>default-resolutions = 75,75,100,100
> > >>
> > >># use lazy loading on 16 bit (usually Asian) fonts
> > >>deferglyphs = 16
> > >>
> > >># how to log errors
> > >>use-syslog = on
> > >>
> > >># don't listen to TCP ports by default for security reasons
> > >>no-listen = tcp
> > >>
> > >>
> > > [...]
> > >
> > >Try to restart your xfs server (/etc/init.d/xfs stop and /etc/init.d/xfs start)
> > >
> > >Finally try to recreate your XF86config (/usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 -configure.
> > >
> > >If that doesn't work, install a Virutal X Server (ie. Xvnc or Xvfb)
> > >and use xlsfonts and xset (xset -q) commands to have more information
> > >
> > >Regards,
> > >--
> > >"Si la politique pouvait changer notre vie,
> > > cela ferait longtemps qu'elle serait interdite."
> > >  - Federation Anarchiste de France -
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > Solution was to change "unix/:7100" to
> > "/usr/X11R6/lib/fonts/mixc/fonts.alias" for the FontPath in the
> > XF86Config file.  Thank you all.
> >
> 
> 
> It might not be relevant to your specific case, but I thought of
> mentioning it anyway. I had a similar problem (same error msgs) last week.
> In my case I found that my /hda2 partition was full. It so happens that if
> the disk is full, the xfs server is not be able to start and hence the
> x-server wont start. Yuo might want to check this. "unix/:7100" is by
> default present in the XF86config file. (atleast in all the computers in
> my lab).
> 
> Rahul.

	It was, but he removes it, as I understand.
	Maybe try to add it by hand with xset +fp unix/:71000 && xset fp rehash


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  -- Federation Anarchiste de France