Description of problem: Error loading font server on boot. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Occurs on boot Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
Created attachment 92601 [details] This is the dmesg file
Created attachment 92602 [details] This is the messages file
Created attachment 92603 [details] XF86Config file
Created attachment 92604 [details] XFree86.0 file
Please try posting *what* the problem is, show the error messages that you receive and anything else that you left out of your bug report. If you can't take the time to fill in the report, then how can you expect anyone else to take the time to read your logs *just* to get that information, then trying to figure out what is wrong? Closing and changing to WONTFIX due to insufficent data. Resubmit a *new* bug report, and please fill in all the information, *then* attach the pertinent log/config files.
I just looked at this, and have a few comments, which may help future bug reporting, etc: - XFree86-Servers doesn't exist in Red Hat Linux 9, as it is XFree86 3.3.6 which last shipped in Red Hat Linux 7.3 - This report was flagged as Platform==mips32 and Red Hat does not have an OS product for the MIPS processor platforms. Red Hat Linux 9 is available for x86 and compatible processors only. We do not support XFree86 on MIPS. I assume the reporter mistakenly chose mips32 instead of "All" or "i386". - The attached log files clearly show xfs starting up properly. While it logs a few messages about font paths configured that don't exist, those are NOT errors, they are harmless informative messages. Reconfigure the font server to not contain those font paths for the message to go away. In either case, it does not affect the operation of xfs at all in any way. - The attached log file shows that the X server is unable to find the X server modules, which is indicative of either: 1) A misconfiguration or 2) The module files being deleted from the hard disk, or otherwise unavailable or 3) Misinstallation or 4) Hard disk or system corruption Any of the above 4 issues are not XFree86 bugs, but are system problems which fall into the category of technical support. Bugzilla isn't a tech support forum however, just a bug tracker. You may nonetheless receive tech support by mailing one of Red Hat or XFree86.org's mailing lists. xfree86 is probably the best place for seeking XFree86 related tech support. Hope this helps. Reopening bug and closing 'NOTABUG'
Ok. The summary I entered "Error loading font server on boot." is exactly what the Redhat support technician told me to enter. The supplied logs give details about the error. Mike Chambers closed the previous bug report out of laziness - please read the logs supplied in bug report 97988 - if he/you find the summary to be inaccurate, update the summary, don't close the bug report. This was typical of a back room technical support person who is arrogant and too lazy to make the effort to solve the problem at hand. Get some sleep and take a look at it again in the morning! I've updated and am resubmitting this as the bug report - please reference the attachments. Thanks. Regards, Mark
To further clarify, this is a bug (as identified by Redhat Technical support) which prevents the XServer from starting.
Mike Chambers is a Red Hat Linux user, such as yourself, and not an employee. Anyone in the general public can add comments to bug reports and/or close them if they feel it appropriate. Bugzilla is a public service, and is unmoderated. This bug report as it stands right now, does not contain enough information in it to even conclude that there is an XFree86 bug. Everything in the bug report points to there being a system misconfiguration or massive filesystem corruption or something. There is no information on how to reproduce this problem contained in this bug report, which results in anyone randomly being able to reproduce it and thus troubleshoot it. As such, it is not a bug report at this point, but a technical support request, and we do not handle technical support via bugzilla. You will need to troubleshoot the problem to find out exactly why X is not starting on your system, either using Red Hat technical support, or a mailing list, at which point if an actual XFree86 bug is found, which I believe is rather unlikely from the logs you've provided - I can then look into the issue as a real bug report. I apologize if Red Hat technical support sent you to bugzilla prematurely, and if you're inconvenienced by this, but bugzilla is not for technical support, and I do not see a bug being reported here currently.
If there is not enough logging output provided, perhaps I can post other logs to determine the cause of this error. It is premature at this point to determine that this is or isn't a bug, based on the quality of your participation here. Redhat technical support has ruled out the possibility of misconfiguration. I've seen several postings on the web regarding this, all with no answer. We need to focus on being more responsible in responding to issues like this for the sake of the open source community. Responses from community members like Mike Harris' and Mike Chambers' weaken the open source development process. That type of response is why this issue still exists and why it will continue to exist and hamper the development process of Redhat's Linux. I am reopening this bug since it cannot be determined to be not a bug. The only acceptable basis for closure could be that it is not reproducible. Please give other members an opportunity to investigate this or cease posting. Thanks, Mark
Bugzilla is not a technical support forum, and this issue will not be investigated as a bug report until sufficient evidence is presented in the bug report to conclude that it is infact a bug, or that it is likely to be a bug, as we do not provide technical support in bugzilla. I have made a request internally for tech support to re-evaluate this problem, and if you'll be kind enough to give me the name of the person in technical support, I would be more than glad to contact them directly and discuss this with them. I would like nothing more than for you to have a solution to your problem, however bugzilla isn't a technical support forum as I mentioned above. Unless there is a specific bug being reported, there is nothing that I can do to investigate the issue. "My system doesn't start" unfortunately is far to vague, and does not at all indicate that there is a bug in XFree86 which is causing this problem. Your problem could be caused by out of disk space, disk corruption, or any of a number of issues.
Re closing again as NOTABUG, due to the reasons cited above, and the fact that your X server installation is broken, as evidenced by the server being unable to locate the server modules shown in your X server log. Again, provide me the name of the person in tech support you've spoken with, and I will make sure they are on the right track to assist you.