x server fatal font error fix

[Austin]

Jean-Christophe Valiere wrote:

>Selon Austin <auji at cruzio.com>:
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>>Michael Schwendt wrote:
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>>>On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 17:38:46 -0700, Austin wrote:
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>>>>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.
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>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.
>>>
>>>
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>>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.
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>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 ??
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>>#############################################
>>#/etc/X11/fs/config
>># Default font server configuration file for Red Hat Linux
>>#
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>># 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
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>># 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,
>>        ,
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>         ^^^^ You should remove thath
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>>        /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
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>>
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>Try to restart your xfs server (/etc/init.d/xfs stop and /etc/init.d/xfs start)
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>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 -
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Solution was to change "unix/:7100" to 
"/usr/X11R6/lib/fonts/mixc/fonts.alias" for the FontPath in the 
XF86Config file.  Thank you all.