Problems with Xfree86

blackthorn · 08-30-2001, 02:38 PM

I have been having trouble with X windows on RH linux of late. I am runing RH 7.1 and everything installs fine. However after I have run for a while and go through a couple of reboots X refuses to load. I get a message:

Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list!
Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'

I've had this happen 3 times now and have been unable to find a solution to make X function. Does anyone have an idea as to how to fix this?

acid_kewpie · 08-30-2001, 03:56 PM

I got that error once when my hard drive got totally full. Make sure you've got some space with 'df' or temporary files and such won't work.

THat's onyl a vague solution though.

isajera · 08-30-2001, 04:30 PM

did you try to upgrade anything just before you started getting the font problem. usually we see fonts not getting loaded because the font package wasn't included when X was upgraded.

blackthorn · 08-31-2001, 10:38 AM

I have plenty of disk space, and I haven't done any upgrades. The only thing I have done is install a software package on it that has no relation to X at all. Any other ideas?