X Server Crashed after Yum Update

a1opus · 03-17-2006, 12:57 AM

Hi Experts:

I have run Yum on my Fedora 4 box but there was an error occured.
After 1 or two days when I restart the machine there was an error that
X server cannot loaded. Now kindly guide me that what should I do for
solution.

Thank you for time and attention.

acid_kewpie · 03-17-2006, 01:07 AM

read the X log files to see what the error actually is. /var/log/Xorg.0.log and look for (EE) lines

a1opus · 03-17-2006, 03:30 AM

Its a long file and there is no EE lines although the following text is present at the end of the file:

Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list!

Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'

acid_kewpie · 03-17-2006, 05:16 AM

ahh. xfs ( the X Font Server) isn't running then. start the server. i believe there are plans afoot to deprecate xfs, but i don't think they are anywhere near fruition at the moment.

a1opus · 03-19-2006, 11:18 PM

It means there is no solution of it?

acid_kewpie · 03-20-2006, 01:08 AM

no no not at all... is xfs running? another thing is that font paths have changed recently. check that the paths to your fonts in xorg.conf actually do exist.

a1opus · 03-20-2006, 03:49 AM

I have found the following lines in xorg.conf

RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "unix/:7100"

Is it ok for you?

a1opus · 03-21-2006, 11:24 PM

Kindly give any response.

a1opus · 03-23-2006, 09:00 PM

Is there no any solution acd_kewpie?