Weird font problem with X..

[Mark Street]

I hate when that happens.....

/tmp/.font-unix/  contains the socket for the font server.

Does /tmp have the sticky bit set???  chmod 1777 /tmp
Does /tmp/.font-unix have the sticky bit set and is it owned by xfs:xfs?
chown xfs.xfs. .font-unix;chmod 1777 .font-unix

Now try it.....

On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, Christopher Wagner wrote:

> I'm hoping someone can spot the problem here..  X will no longer load on my
> machine..  I get the following error when I run startx:
>
> XFree86 Version 4.2.0 (Red Hat Linux release: 4.2.0-8) / X Window System
> (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
> Release Date: 23 January 2002
>         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/)
> Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.17-0.13smp i686 [ELF]
> Build Host: daffy.perf.redhat.com
>
> Module Loader present
> Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
>          (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
>          (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
> (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Mon Dec 16 14:41:17 2002
> (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"
> Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list!
>
> 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.
> This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log".
> Please report problems to xfree86 at xfree86.org.
>
> XIO:  fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
>       after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
> --
> It'd be nice to know what happened..  I've already reinstall the font rpms
> for X..  I'm running Red Hat 7.3.
>
> Thanks in advance..
>
> - Christopher Wagner
> chrisw at pacaids.com
>
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