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When I start my system(I start in text mode). I type in startx and nothing happens. Ctrl+Alt+F1 back to console and startx again...ok KDE up and running. I checked out Xorg.0.log and this is what I found:

Code:

Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/, removing from list!

Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/, removing from list!

Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/, removing from list!

Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/, removing from list!

Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/, removing from list!

Any ideas how to solve this? Maybe permission problems or something?

By default there are no fonts inside those directories unless you installed the corresponding packages and/or fonts in the directories. If you want to take out the warning messsage, comment the lines that define those paths in your xorg.conf file.

You are looking at the wrong log. The log Xorg.0.log is for the current X session. There should be another log Xorg.1.log or something like that which will be for the previous X session. Otherwise you should look through the log when you first try to startx.

startx
<Ctrl><Alt><F2> # Switch to another terminal.
less /var/log/Xorg.0.log

Post the entire Xorg.0.log file as, the part output you have included doesn't help solve your problem.

Use "grep EE /var/log/Xorg.0.log"

This is how my Xorg log looks like.

Xorg.8.log

Code:

_XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6

_XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/localhost:8

_XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet6



X Window System Version 6.8.2

Release Date: 9 February 2005

X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.2

Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.13 i686 [ELF] 

Current Operating System: Linux localhost 2.4.31 #6 Sun Jun 5 19:04:47 PDT 2005 i686

Build Date: 11 September 2005

        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.8.log", Time: Tue Jan 17 00:06:19 2006

(++) Using config file: "/root/xorg.conf.new"

(==) ServerLayout "X.org Configured"

(**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)

(**) |  |-->Monitor "Monitor0"

(**) |  |-->Device "Card0"

(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"

(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"

(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/".

        Entry deleted from font path.

        (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/").

(**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"

(**) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"

(**) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"

(WW) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such device)

(II) Module ABI versions:

        X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.2

        X.Org Video Driver: 0.7

        X.Org XInput driver : 0.4

        X.Org Server Extension : 0.2

        X.Org Font Renderer : 0.4

(II) Loader running on linux

(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"

(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a

(II) Module bitmap: vendor="X.Org Foundation"

        compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 1.0.0

        Module class: X.Org Font Renderer

        ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.4

(II) Loading font Bitmap

(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"

(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a

(II) Module pcidata: vendor="X.Org Foundation"

        compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 1.0.0

        ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7

(--) using VT number 7

I hope I included the relevant part since I can't post the entire log here(it's too large).

AS as been said, you need to install the x11-font packages:

x11-fonts-100dpi
x11-fonts-cyrillic
x11-fonts-misc
x11-fonts-scale

Then run 'mkfontdir' on /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/ etc (read log warning)

That will fix the font warnings, but you haven't posted the relevant part about any other errors stopping X from staring. Try 'cat Xorg.0.log | grep EE' and post the output.

Quote:

Originally Posted by dive

That will fix the font warnings, but you haven't posted the relevant part about any other errors stopping X from staring. Try 'cat Xorg.0.log | grep EE' and post the output.

That will work if you're in /var/log, I like my way better.

Is this a new installation, or did you upgrade your kernel or X server?

Before starting X look in /var/log and note date/time of the Xorg log files. After you try to start X look again and note the date/time of the new file. Then do this:

tail -n80 /var/log/xorg.X.log >xorg.log

Replace the X with the number of the new log file created when X failed to start. Then post the contents of xorg.log. You can adjust the -n80 to a bigger number if you need to get more info from the log file.