X desktop problem - help!

[Robert Green]

Hrm, tried this, no joy --

tailing /var/log/XFree86.0.log gives:

(blah blah..)

Could not init font pat element unix/:-1, removing from list!

Fatal server error:
Could not open default font: 'fixed'



Is there any way to re-start the X configuration that is used during
the install and set it up from the start again?


--- Deven Phillips <dphillips at viata.com> wrote:
> Robert,
> 
> 	The error message that you mentioned means one of two things:
> 
> 	A. Your font server didn't start
> 		Fix this by running "chkconfig --level 5 xfs on"
> 	B. You haven't configured the font path correctly for X windows
> 
> Since this is Mandrake 8.0, the xfs server IS the font path, and
> therefore the first solution shoud do it. Init to runlevel 3, log
> in as
> root, run the chkconfig command, and init back to runlevel 5.
> 
> That ought to do it.
> 
> Deven Phillips, CISSP
> Network Architect
> Viata Online, Inc.
> 


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