X desktop problem - help!

Hershberger, Robert T Mr (CPF N63RTH) HershbRT at cpf.navy.mil
Wed Aug 15 15:40:35 PDT 2001


OK New Robert, Same darn Problem --

  I have tried all the things mentioned here -- chkconfig, xfs start, etc.
But when I check using ps aux I get nothing.  If I try xfs restart I get
failed, or xfs stop -- failed.  xfs start works nicely, of course ps aux
still doesn't show.  So now I'm stuck -- what next ?

Robert Hershberger




-----Original Message-----
From: Chris M. Rafael [mailto:thecomputerguy at hawaii.rr.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 07:34 PM
To: Linux & Unix Advocates & Users
Subject: [luau] Re: X desktop problem - help!


Robert,

I don't know about Mandrake, but there are 2 non-GUI
applications on Redhat one named Xconfigurator, and the
other named xf86config.  Both are located in the 
/usr/bin/X11(or X11R6) dirs.

regards,
chris
 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Green [mailto:aloha_moon at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 6:26 PM
> To: Linux & Unix Advocates & Users
> Subject: [luau] Re: X desktop problem - help!
> 
> 
> 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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