Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 52471
when try to 'startx', complain about "could not open default font 'fixed'". xfs problem??
Last modified: 2007-04-18 12:36:30 EDT
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows 98; AIRF) Description of problem: can not start X windows system. complaint about "could not open default font 'fixed'". checked the fonts directories and see no problem there. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.ftp install 2.install "X windows system", "KDE","sound and multimedia support","network support","EMacs","utilities" 3.after done, reboot Actual Results: graphics mode does not show up. even run 'startx' in root can not bring up X windows. Expected Results: expect to start graphics login for KDE Additional info: ftp installed to a pentium 133 PC using ext3 file system. when install,chosed 'custom', installed 'X window system", "KDE", "sound and multimedia support", "Network support", "Emacs", "Utilities". after rebooting, failed to start X. if run 'startx' in root, produce this screen output and failed to startx: XFree86 Version 3.3.6a / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300) Release Date: April 19, 2001 If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting problems. (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ) Operating System: Linux 2.4.7-0.13.1smp i686 [ELF] Configured drivers: SVGA: server for SVGA graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 1): s3_savage, NV1, STG2000, RIVA 128, RIVA TNT, RIVA TNT2, RIVA ULTRA TNT2, RIVA VANTA, RIVA ULTRA VANTA, RIVA INTEGRATED, GeForce 256, GeForce DDR, Quadro, GeForce2 GTS, GeForce2 GTS (rev1), GeForce2 Ultra, Quadro 2 Pro, GeForce2 MX, GeForce2 MX DDR, Quadro 2 MXR, ET4000, ET4000W32, ET4000W32i, ET4000W32i_rev_b, ET4000W32i_rev_c, ET4000W32p, ET4000W32p_rev_a, ET4000W32p_rev_b, ET4000W32p_rev_c, ET4000W32p_rev_d, ET6000, ET6100, et3000, pvga1, wd90c00, wd90c10, wd90c30, wd90c24, wd90c31, wd90c33, gvga, r128, ati, sis86c201, sis86c202, sis86c205, sis86c215, sis86c225, sis5597, sis5598, sis6326, sis530, sis620, sis300, sis630, sis540, tvga8200lx, tvga8800cs, tvga8900b, tvga8900c, tvga8900cl, tvga8900d, tvga9000, tvga9000i, tvga9100b, tvga9200cxr, tgui9400cxi, tgui9420, tgui9420dgi, tgui9430dgi, tgui9440agi, cyber9320, tgui9660, tgui9680, tgui9682, tgui9685, cyber9382, cyber9385, cyber9388, cyber9397, cyber9520, cyber9525, 3dimage975, 3dimage985, cyber9397dvd, blade3d, cyberblade, clgd5420, clgd5422, clgd5424, clgd5426, clgd5428, clgd5429, clgd5430, clgd5434, clgd5436, clgd5446, clgd5480, clgd5462, clgd5464, clgd5465, clgd6205, clgd6215, clgd6225, clgd6235, clgd7541, clgd7542, clgd7543, clgd7548, clgd7555, clgd7556, ncr77c22, ncr77c22e, cpq_avga, mga2064w, mga1064sg, mga2164w, mga2164w AGP, mgag200, mgag100, mgag400, oti067, oti077, oti087, oti037c, al2101, ali2228, ali2301, ali2302, ali2308, ali2401, cl6410, cl6412, cl6420, cl6440, video7, ark1000vl, ark1000pv, ark2000pv, ark2000mt, mx, realtek, s3_virge, AP6422, AT24, AT3D, s3_svga, NM2070, NM2090, NM2093, NM2097, NM2160, NM2200, ct65520, ct65525, ct65530, ct65535, ct65540, ct65545, ct65546, ct65548, ct65550, ct65554, ct65555, ct68554, ct69000, ct64200, ct64300, mediagx, V1000, V2100, V2200, p9100, spc8110, i740, i740_pci, Voodoo Banshee, Voodoo3, i810, i810-dc100, i810e, i815, smi, generic (using VT number 7) XF86Config: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config (**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values (**) XKB: keycodes: "xfree86" (**) XKB: types: "default" (**) XKB: compat: "default" (**) XKB: symbols: "us(pc101)" (**) XKB: geometry: "pc" (**) XKB: rules: "xfree86" (**) XKB: model: "pc101" (**) XKB: layout: "us" (**) Mouse: type: MouseSystems, device: /dev/mouse, baudrate: 1200 (**) Mouse: buttons: 5 (**) Mouse: zaxismapping: (-)4 (+)5 (**) SVGA: Graphics device ID: "S3 ViRGE (generic)" (**) SVGA: Monitor ID: "Digital 15 in. Color (FR-PCXBV-PC)" (--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 80.21 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 70.24 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 89.62 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 70.88 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 76.01 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 107.16 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 74.59 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 78.86 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 81.13 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 91.15 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode "1400x1050" needs hsync freq of 77.04 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode "1400x1050" needs hsync freq of 82.65 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode "1400x1050" needs hsync freq of 93.88 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 75.00 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 87.50 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 93.75 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 105.77 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode "1800X1440" needs hsync freq of 96.15 kHz. Deleted. (--) SVGA: Mode "1800X1440" needs hsync freq of 104.52 kHz. Deleted. (**) FontPath set to "unix/:7100" (--) SVGA: PCI: S3 ViRGE rev 6, Memory @ 0xec000000 (--) SVGA: S3V: ViRGE rev 6, Linear FB @ 0xec000000 (--) SVGA: Detected S3 ViRGE (--) SVGA: using driver for chipset "s3_virge" (--) SVGA: videoram: 2048k (--) SVGA: Ramdac speed: 135 MHz (95 MHz for 16 bpp) (--) SVGA: Detected current MCLK value of 50.114 MHz (--) SVGA: chipset: s3_virge (--) SVGA: videoram: 2048k (**) SVGA: Using 16 bpp, Depth 16, Color weight: 565 (--) SVGA: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 95.000 MHz (**) SVGA: Mode "800x600": mode clock = 60.750 (--) SVGA: Virtual resolution set to 800x600 (--) SVGA: SpeedUp code selection modified because virtualX != 1024 (--) SVGA: s3_virge: Using hardware cursor (--) SVGA: Using XAA (XFree86 Acceleration Architecture) (--) SVGA: XAA: Solid filled rectangles (--) SVGA: XAA: Screen-to-screen copy (--) SVGA: XAA: 8x8 pattern fill (--) SVGA: XAA: 8x8 color expand pattern fill (--) SVGA: XAA: CPU to screen color expansion (bitmap, TE/NonTE imagetext, TE/NonTE polytext) (--) SVGA: XAA: Using 6 128x128 areas for pixmap caching (--) SVGA: XAA: Caching tiles and non-transparent stipples (--) SVGA: XAA: Horizontal and vertical lines and segments Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full server output, not just the last messages XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0" after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
I get the same error. I have found that to get X running you must do the following. Copy all the font paths from your /etc/X11/fs/config file into your /etc/X11/XF86Config file so that you have a FontPath entry for each font path listed in your fs/config file. Next, comment out the font paths "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" and "/usr/share/fonts/ja/TrueType" and "unix/:7100". After doing all this, X should start. I tried commenting out these paths in the fs/config file, restarting xfs but this did not help. There are some slight font problems with mozilla after doing this, but I think this is because the Type1 fonts are commented out. I am no expert on all this, but through a lot of trial and error, this is how I got it working.
One additional note: I too am using a 3.3.6 X server and KDE
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 51033 ***
This bug is marked as a duplicate of a privare bug. According to mharris@redhat.com, we should notify you of this so that you can either unmark 51033 or reopen this bug, or put the resolution here.
I have the same bug, but the solution of tkmame@retrogames.com do not work at all. I have a P3 550 MHz with a Olidata Monitor (I didn't find the OLIxxxx in the menu)
Fixed in XFree86-4.1.0-1 and later. Current version is -3.