Subject: RE: ydl-cs11.2-startx does not start
From: Tams Darrin (Tams_Darrin@stvrain.k12.co.us)
Date: Mon Mar 20 2000 - 08:03:28 MST
The font server was also installed and running for me. I'm a newbie with
Linux and wasn't sure what to do. A friend that does know more (full time
user) helped with adding FontPaths to the XF86Config file, which also did
not work. So being a newbie that I am and knowing how to do only one thing
well with Linux, "Install" :) (I know it is the hard way and really don't
learn anything by doing it) Well this is what I did to solve the problem:
Plus I don't recommend this because of the time it takes and there has got
to be a better solution. This is only for the humor of the readers.
1. Knowing that I could get ydl-cs1.1 to work:
2. Reinstalled a clean basic system (default selections) of ydl-cs1.1
including deleting and remaking the partitions.
3. Did an Upgrade with ydl-cs1.2 (not Install) and chose the individual
packages to install
(side note: lol not knowing correctly what is normally installed I ended
up putting up to 300mb extra onto the HDD)
4. X would start but wasn't correct resolutions etc.
5. Ran Xconfigurator, let it do it's thing by default, and X worked fine
after that, that's only having used it a day. So no telling what doesn't
work because of the backwards way of installing.
Eric Goodman's bits of Sun, 19 Mar 2000 translated to:
>> Sounds like your font server is not running. That is at least one of
>> the causes of the particular message you are receiving. Before trying
>> to start up X, issue the following command...
>>
>> ps ax | grep xfs
>>
>> If you don't see a line that looks something like
>>
>> 511 ? S 0:00 xfs -droppriv -daemon -port -1
>>
>> then you have probably found your problem ;)
>
>Hello! i am having the same problem and tried your suggestion but the X
>font Server is already running. :( I still get a "cannot find 'fixed'
>font" Any other suggestions? Thanks
The only other thing that I can think of is that you are missing some
fonts, relative to what the font server expects to find. Or a font
directory has become corrupted. You might try reinstalling your font
server and font packages.
Jim
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