Xfree86 Problems : could not open default font 'fixed'

jcbparry · 09-11-2007, 06:49 PM

ive done everything! im running Debian and i have tons of free disk space, ive restarted xfs and i still cannot fix the problem!

Karolek · 01-16-2008, 08:08 AM

Code:

# startx
xauth:  creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.9600

_XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6
_XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/localhost:0
_XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet6

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X.Org X Server 1.4.0.90
Release Date: 5 September 2007
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Slackware 12.1 Slackware Linux Project
Current Operating System: Linux localhost 2.6.23.12-smp #1 SMP Mon Jan 14 16:18:53 CET 2008 i686
Build Date: 14 December 2007  12:30:03PM

        Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
        to make sure that you have the latest version.
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/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Jan 14 21:06:02 2008
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(II) Module "i2c" already built-in
(II) Module "ddc" already built-in
(II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning:          Type "ONE_LEVEL" has 1 levels, but <RALT> has 2 symbols
>                   Ignoring extra symbols
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server

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

waiting for X server to begin accepting connections
giving up.
xinit:  Connection reset by peer (errno 104):  unable to connect to X server
xinit:  No such process (errno 3):  Server error.

xorg.conf:

Code:

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "X.org Configured"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
	RgbPath      "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
	ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "xtrap"
	Load  "GLcore"
	Load  "dri"
	Load  "dbe"
	Load  "glx"
	Load  "extmod"
	Load  "record"
	Load  "freetype"
	Load  "type1"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "kbd"
	Option       "XkbModel"  "pc104"
	Option       "XkbLayout"  "pl"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "auto"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	VendorName   "GSM"
	ModelName    "F700B"
	HorizSync    30.0 - 71.0
	VertRefresh  50.0 - 160.0
	Option	    "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Card0"
	Driver      "nv"
	VendorName  "nVidia Corporation"
	BoardName   "NV20 [GeForce3 Ti 200]"
	BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Card0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth 24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     1
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     4
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     8
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     15
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     16
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Virtual 1024 768	
		Depth     24
	EndSubSection
EndSection

I have all packages from x/ and a lot of free space on /

pageweb · 04-13-2009, 12:50 PM

As someone noted before:

Except I commented out the

unix/:7100

line in my XF86Config-4 file.
And it worked for me.

===========================
I have been getting same error...just to see what would happen I commented out the

unix/:7100

line in my XF86Config file. This actually allowed X to run
=============================

Quote:

Originally Posted by dj_relentless

Hi All
My computer has developed a from with starting xwindows.
It will start and display the nvidia logo then crash back to the command prompt with the error
:
Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list!

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

I'm using Redhat 7.1,
The way it happened was that all was working well and I did a cvs upgrade of wine. Tried to run half life and the computer froze (as usual), then I gave up. Next day came along and it happened like this ever since.

I can see at startup the xfs service is started but it won't shut down when the computer shuts down.

So I didn't upgrade or change anything to do with xfree86..
I've had a look at a few other post just to check other possibilites.

I can definatly see that xfs does start and is running..
I've checked that the fonts.alias file is present and contains everything and also checked to make sure I haven't run out of harddrive space. But I haven't checked for stale lock files as I have no idea how to (ideas?)

Anyway heres the log file

(II) Loading extension NV-GLX
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension LBX
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) [GLX]: Calling GlxExtensionInit
(II) [GLX]: associated 18 out of 30 GLX visuals
(**) Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
(**) Mouse0: Protocol: "PS/2"
(**) Option "CorePointer"
(**) Mouse0: Core Pointer
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
(==) Mouse0: Buttons: 3
(**) Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
(**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
(**) Mouse0: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(II) Keyboard "Keyboard0" handled by legacy driver
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse0" (type: MOUSE)
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@xfree86.org.

Any help is much much much appreciated. And speak easily, I'm fairly new to the linux os.

Aaron

PS : I had to cut out some of the log because it wouldn't let me post over a certain amount of characters