X won't start!!!!!!

seriv · 10-12-2003, 05:09 PM

I tried to start x by typing startx after I logged in and I got these error messages:

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

Fata Server Error:
Could not open default font 'fixed'

and

XIO: fatal IO error 104 (connection reset by peer) on X server ":0:0"
After 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining

I was playing around with WINE and I installed Bochs, but it didn't work.

Please Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-Seriv

teknomage1 · 10-12-2003, 10:19 PM

make sure the xfs X font server is running

seriv · 10-13-2003, 10:05 AM

how do I do that?

alm · 10-13-2003, 02:51 PM

Type in

ps ax | grep xfs

seriv · 10-13-2003, 03:00 PM

I get the same errors.

alm · 10-13-2003, 03:17 PM

When I type in that command I get the output:

1396 ? S 0:08 xfs -droppriv -daemon

Check if you get something a like.
If you don't, then you don't have the xfs font server running.

/alm

seriv · 10-13-2003, 03:33 PM

sorry, i saw the startx error above it:
2583 ? S 0:00 [xfs]
3626 tty1 s 0:00 grep xfs

alm · 10-13-2003, 04:13 PM

So the xfs should be in order.

Try running this: "chkfontpath" and post its output

seriv · 10-13-2003, 05:53 PM

current directores in font path:
1: /usr/x11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled
2: /usr/x11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled
3: /usr/x11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled
4: /usr/x11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc
5: /usr/x11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1
6: /usr/x11R6/lib/X11/fonts/speedo
7: /usr/x11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic
8: /usr/x11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF
9: /usr/x11R6/lib/X11/fonts/OTF
10: /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1
11:
12: /usr/lib/openoffice/share/fonts/truetype
13: /usr/share/fonts/ISO8859-2/misc:unscaled
14: /usr/share/fonts/ISO8859-2/75dpi:unscaled
15: /usr/share/fonts/ISO8859-2/100dpi:unscaled
16: /usr/share/fonts/ISO8859-2/misc
17: /usr/share/fonts/ISO8859-2/75dpi
18: /usr/share/fonts/ISO8859-2/100dpi
19: /usr/share/fonts/ja/misc:unscaled
20: /usr/share/fonts/ja/misc
21: /usr/share/fonts/KOI8-R/misc:unscaled
22: /usr/share/fonts/KOI8-R/75dpi:unscaled
23: /usr/share/fonts/KOI8-R/100dpi:unscaled
24: /usr/share/fonts/KOI8-R/misc
25: /usr/share/fonts/KOI8-R/75dpi
26: /usr/share/fonts/KOI8-R/100dpi

Hope this helps, I had to copy it out by hand!
-Seriv

alm · 10-14-2003, 11:04 AM

That is the similar to the output I get too. Maybe it is irrelevant (sorry) anyways....

Type "service xfs status" and see if you get the output
xfs (pid: <pid>) running...

Nimoy · 10-14-2003, 11:55 AM

If you just want X up and don't care too much about the truetypes it should be possible to rem the following line in the X86config file.

# FontPath "unix/:7100"

You can find it in etc/X11

Here is a list of common tools for configuring X:
Redhat 7.3 down - the setup utility leads to several config tools
Redhat 7.3 up - redhat-config-xfree86

You might have one or more of these tools/files on your system:
XF86SetupTricks and hints
XFree86 -configure
Xconfigurator
xf86cfg
xf86config
xconf

The redhat-config-xfree86 might just be what you need to run in order to get things back to normal...

seriv · 10-14-2003, 08:31 PM

it says xfs (pid 2583) is running.....

and redhat-config-xfree86 crashes!!!!!!!!

seriv · 10-14-2003, 08:41 PM

thanx, removing unix:7100 worked

Nimoy · 10-15-2003, 12:59 PM

Now try the config tools

might put things back the way they ought to be!

seriv · 10-15-2003, 03:05 PM

Thanx, I will, and Thank you so much to all that helped me!!!!!!
-Seriv