<html> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)"> <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> There was a typo in my desperate message. The problem is that I can’t launch X for all of the reasons I described. If anyone has some ideas, please reply. I’ve got a big project due on Monday and I can’t exactly work on it right now! --andy -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of Andy Choens Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2004 11:24 AM To: fedora-list@redhat.com Subject: I killed X. Hmm, I tried to send this once before, but the crazy windows server here at work seems to think I have a new e-mail address. Interesting. As an end result I joined and then got told my message was going to the moderator. So, I’ll try this and see if it gets through without the moderator because I need some help asap! I just fouled up big time. I was working on making some posters, and decided to download some new fonts. I used kcontrol to install them as administrator. BIG MISTAKE! This screwed things up royally. I can’t launch. I get this as an error: Fatal Server Error Could not open default font ‘fixed’ I installed the fonts into the directory: /usr/local/share/fonts/TTF I have tried the following. I deleted them, and ran mkfontdir Didn’t help. I pulled out my CD’s and reinstalled all of X with the following command. rpm –Uvh –force X* I bumped down to init 3 and then back up to 5 and still the same issue. I even tried linking in the TTF directory. I don’t know what to do, but I’ve got to get this thing going again. Honestly, even a hack would be appreciated at this point. PS. Don’t use kcontrol 3.2.1 to install fonts as root. Or you might wind up using a windows machine to beg for help…….. Thanks --andy </div> </body> </html>