Bug 18748
Summary: | Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' | ||
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Product: | [Retired] Red Hat Linux | Reporter: | Need Real Name <rdmnsgtn> |
Component: | XFree86 | Assignee: | Mike A. Harris <mharris> |
Status: | CLOSED RAWHIDE | QA Contact: | David Lawrence <dkl> |
Severity: | high | Docs Contact: | |
Priority: | medium | ||
Version: | 7.0 | ||
Target Milestone: | --- | ||
Target Release: | --- | ||
Hardware: | i386 | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
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Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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Last Closed: | 2001-03-01 21:28:07 UTC | Type: | --- |
Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
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oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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Description
Need Real Name
2000-10-09 22:13:26 UTC
do a ls -l /etc/X11/X You'll most likely note that X points at /usr/bin/X11/XF86_SVGA instead of /usr/bin/X11/XFree86 common behaviour with upgrades between X versions als check ls -l /usr/bin/X11/X to see what that points to Hi Spider, Thanks for the input! You were correct in that X points at /usr/bin/X11/XF86_SVGA instead of /usr/bin/X11/XFree86. Also, /usr/bin/X11/X points to Xwrapper, as you probably already knew. However, I have been reading as much documentation as I have available (both on- line and books; however, most are pre-4.0.1 oriented), and I am still at a loss as to what to do next... I tried Xconfigurator, but that only autodetects the pointer to XF86_SVGA and does not let me re-direct X to XFree86. I have not yet tried xf86config, however. I have checked a lot of files (e.g. XF86Config and .xinitrc) but cannot find any obvious reference to /usr/bin/X11/XF86_SVGA which could be changed to /usr/bin/X11/XFree86. Please, can you direct me to the appropriate file/program where to make my changes. Thanks in advance, Rudy Mansgaten [#18748] Actually, the documentation you are after are in the release of XFree86 4.0 manpages man XFree86 man XF86Config man X man Xserver should be the most essential parts. but basically, you have to change the mentioned symlink so it points at XFree86 (4.0) then you have to upgrade/change your config file /ets/X11/XF86Config so it works with XFree86 ver. 4 there are several ways, one is toi run /usr/X11/bin/XFree86 -configure, others is to use a configuratoin tool. you could also contact me privately and I can supply you with a minimal start for a config file. -- //Spider -- if its real it is real it is really surreal... I had this problem too just now. The reason was that I had added 'umask 027' to /root/.bashrc Having an umask of 027 as root results in the following: at boot the /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs script generates the fonts.dir file (and perhaps one or two other files?) with mode rw-r----- Then it start xfs as "xfs -droppriv -daemon". After dropping priveledges it can't read the generated files anymore and Aborts (try starting xfs manually as "xfs -droppriv"). No need to say that when xfs doesn't run you get the error as stated in this bug report. Hope this helps to fix it, Carlo Wood Yes, the general solution to this error message is to make sure that the font server is running. Perhaps the default umask should be changed in the xfs script to avoid some of the problems mentioned. I have changed the default umask in xfs initscript to 133. This should appear in 4.0.3-2 |