Black Screen After YUM Update Revisited:

[Paul Howarth]

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.