When i enter the startx command. then show me as below information:


there is some contents of log file. '/var/log/Xorg.0.log "

[dix] could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc, removing form list!
[dix] could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/Type1, removing from list!
[dix] could not init font path elemtn /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont.d/dirs/TrueType, removing from list!
[dix] could not init font path element built-ins, removing from list!


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

please consult the The X.org Foundation support at http://wiki.org

please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.

ddxSigGiveUp: Closing up
Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.

Xinit: giving up
Xinit: unable to connect to X server: No such file or directory
xinit: server error

does you know the problem?

how to resolve it?

We need more information to help you:
- Which distribution in which version are you using
- Which method have you used to install it

Hi TobiSGD

uname -a

Linux hostname 3.2.0-21-generic #34-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 30 04:25:35 UTC 2012 X86_64 X86_64 X86_64 GNU/Linux

before, i have installed ubuntu 11.10 via CD-ROM driver. last week, i was upgrading to ubuntu 12.04 LTS.

and then. I don't know what happened....

it becomes this situation now.

hope you can help me to resolve it. thanks in advance!!!

No, you were not, you have upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Beta. A beta version is known to have bugs. It makes only sense to install (or upgrade to) a beta when you want to be part of the testing process and want to either report bugs or fix them (or both). Seems that you have either found a bug in the system or the upgrade process. Now it is up to you to report that bug.

Anyways, the error-message indicates that you are missing a font, so it may happened that in the upgrade process a necessary package has been removed. Since I am not an Ubuntu user I don't know which package this could be.

anyway, thank you!

who is ubuntu user and can help me to check this question?

Try running as root It appears you are missing the fixed font, which is required for X to run.

Hi blue_k

xfonts-base is already the newest version.

0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

Here is another question.

When i run reboot command, there is a warning:

(process: 315): Pango-WARNING ** : failed to choose a font, expect ugly output. engine-type='PangoRenderFc', Script='latin'

(process: 315): Pango-WARNING ** : failed to choose a font, expect ugly output. engine-type='PangoRenderFc', Script='common'

*stopping save kernel messages service kerneloops