Can't find missing font on Fedora 8

[Lane Brooks]

Starting xfs did not help, and I get the following error when I try to 
install base-x:
Warning: Group base-x does not exist.

Lane

Rex Dieter wrote:
> lbrooks at MIT.EDU wrote:
>
>   
>> I am getting the following fatal error when trying to launch a third-party
>> app on Fedora 8:
>>
>> X Error of failed request:  BadName (named color or font does not exist)
>>  Major opcode of failed request:  45 (X_OpenFont)
>>  Serial number of failed request:  16
>>  Current serial number in output stream:  31
>>
>>
>> I have tried installing all sorts of fonts and cannot get the error to get
>> the
>> application to launch.  Does anyone know what package my system is
>> missing?
>>     
>
> These may be legacy apps in need of a font server,
> yum install 
> /sbin/service xfs start
>
> and try again.
>
> -- Rex
>
>