x server fatal font error fix

[rahul b jain cs student]

On Fri, 23 Jul 2004, Austin wrote:

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


It might not be relevant to your specific case, but I thought of
mentioning it anyway. I had a similar problem (same error msgs) last week.
In my case I found that my /hda2 partition was full. It so happens that if
the disk is full, the xfs server is not be able to start and hence the
x-server wont start. Yuo might want to check this. "unix/:7100" is by
default present in the XF86config file. (atleast in all the computers in
my lab).

Rahul.