Re: Fatal X server error


Subject: Re: Fatal X server error
From: Stefan Jeglinski (jeglin@4pi.com)
Date: Sun Jul 23 2000 - 21:32:38 MDT


>Out of the blue, when attempting to start X, the server now crashes:
>
> _FontTransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
> failed to set default font path 'unix/:-1'
> Fatal server error:
> could not open default font 'fixed'
>
>Fiddling with chkfontpath has not helped.
>
>"unix/:-1" is the fontpath set by XF86Config, but I don't know what
>this means.

If it's -completely- out of the blue, check available disk space
(df). This has happened to me before (twice) when trying to run close
to the edge.

Stefan Jeglinski



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