Hey guys, last night I shutted down my linux box, then this morning I boot it up, and some kind of error comes up that it forces me to manually run FSCK, so I did it, and then I "fixed" all the problems. Then I rebooted, and startup went well, no problems there, until I got to the part where X Window comes up, and it can't load it, it tries a couple of times then it drops me to shell. Then when I login and try running 'startx', I get an error that reads as follows:

(gnome-session:1994):Warning **: Cannot Open font file for font Luxi Sans 10
(gnome-session:1994):Warning **: Cannot Open fallback font, nothing to do.

Waiting for X Window to shutdown................


I'm thinking that when I ran fsck, and rewrote some of the files, it maybe corrupted these fonts and that's why I can't go into Xwindow. Is there a way that I can download this fonts, then rewrite the old files, and maybe it'll work?
or can I make it use a different font?, or what can I do?

I appreciate the help very much, thanks in Advance!

zLinuxz

"I'm thinking that when I ran fsck, and rewrote some of the files, it maybe corrupted these fonts and that's why I can't go into Xwindow."

When fsck fixes a file system it never throws anything away. It fixes what it can. Anything that fsck finds but can't fix is placed in a directory called lost+found. The directories and files in lost+found are given a number for a name. So take a look in lost+found and see if you have any lost directories and files. If so you might be able to move them back to where they belong.

"Is there a way that I can download this fonts, then rewrite the old files, and maybe it'll work?"

You can do that with rpm.

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Steve Stites

hey thanks for that help.
Nevertheless, I did find your numbers in the lost+found folder, however, how do I know which ones are which?, because they just have numbers #86940303, stuff like that.

"Nevertheless, I did find your numbers in the lost+found folder, however, how do I know which ones are which?, because they just have numbers #86940303, stuff like that."

Take a look at the contents of the numbered files with a text editor or a hex editor. There is an outside chance that you will recognize the file and know where it belongs. There is a slightly higher chance that you will recognize what it is and know which rpm you need to reinstall or which files to restore from backup.

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Steve Stites