X gives error for no reason

mandrakemikael · 10-26-2004, 01:42 PM

when I booted my computer this morning, X gave me an error (full log in the next post):

Code:

Could not init font path element unix/:-1, removing from list!

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

I'm a newbie so this is a bit scary. yesterday X was working fine, I didn't do any configuration, there is no new hardware installed, and the system went down properly. like this error has appeared out of nowhere!

it seems that X can't find the fonts. any help, please?

mandrakemikael · 10-26-2004, 01:44 PM

edit: xfree86.0.log removed

mandrakemikael · 10-26-2004, 01:44 PM

XFree86.0.log removed

trickykid · 10-26-2004, 01:49 PM

I've seen things similiar to this when your running out of disk space, etc. Can you provide any more details to your setup, hardware used, your XF86Config file, etc?

mandrakemikael · 10-26-2004, 09:51 PM

you are right. df gave 100% used on /, and the system boots after I removed various log files from /var/log/.

btw, is there a command to calculate the size of a directory or a group of subdirectories?