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I am facing one problem while using the startx in backtrack operating system.
the problem is that::
[ 7.866] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/" does not exist.
[ 7.866] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 7.866] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/" does not exist.
[ 7.866] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 7.866] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1" does not exist.
[ 7.866] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 7.866] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi" does not exist.
[ 7.866] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 7.866] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi" does not exist.
how can i download these files?
appreciate any kind of help.
You probably already have the fonts in /usr/share/fonts. But, you may not have an X11 directory in /usr/share/fonts.
You could try making an X11 directory, then symlink each directory in /usr/share/fonts to the /usr/share/fonts/X11 directory to see if that solves the problem.
You probably already have the fonts in /usr/share/fonts. But, you may not have an X11 directory in /usr/share/fonts.
You could try making an X11 directory, then symlink each directory in /usr/share/fonts to the /usr/share/fonts/X11 directory to see if that solves the problem.
bigrigdriver
Thanks for your reply,
But i have the folder X11
Alan_ri
Appreciate your reply.
I have tried apt-get install xfonts-base but it gave me, that nothing to download as i have the latest version.
Is there anything must be installed?
I appreciate your help guys,
Well i tried to create these folders, but still facing the same problem as it is telling me that the files inside these folders which i have create is missing.
how can i download these 2 folders 75dpi and 100dpi, is there anything like apt-get install *****?
I installed the missing fonts, but still cannot start the x server
Code:
X.Org X Server 1.7.6
Release Date: 2010-03-17
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.24-27-server i686 Ubuntu
Current Operating System: Linux root 2.6.38 #1 SMP Thu Mar 17 20:52:18 EDT 2011 i686
Kernel command line: file=/cdrom/preseed/custom.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.gz text splash vga=791-- BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz
Build Date: 08 March 2011 08:22:50AM
xorg-server 2:1.7.6-2ubuntu7.6 (For technical support please see http://www.ubuntu.com/support)
Current version of pixman: 0.16.4
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
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: Sat May 21 13:18:29 2011
(==) Using config directory: "/usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.d"
(==) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section.
(==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
(**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
(==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
Using a default monitor configuration.
(==) Automatically adding devices
(==) Automatically enabling devices
(==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi,
/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType,
built-ins
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules,/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
(II) Loader magic: 0x81f1e80
(II) Module ABI versions:
X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
X.Org Video Driver: 6.0
X.Org XInput driver : 7.0
X.Org Server Extension : 2.0
(--) using VT number 8
(--) PCI:*(0:0:15:0) 15ad:0405:15ad:0405 VMware SVGA II Adapter rev 0, Mem @ 0xf0000000/134217728, 0xe8000000/8388608, I/O @ 0x00001400/16, BIOS @ 0x????????/32768
(II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdbe.so
(II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(==) AIGLX enabled
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "record"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/librecord.so
(II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 1.13.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension RECORD
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so
(II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "dri2"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so
(II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 1.1.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension DRI2
(==) Matched vmware as autoconfigured driver 0
(==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 1
(==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 2
(==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
(II) LoadModule: "vmware"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vmware_drv.so
(II) Module vmware: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.5, module version = 10.16.9
Module class: X.Org Video Driver
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 6.0
(II) LoadModule: "vesa"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so
(II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 2.3.0
Module class: X.Org Video Driver
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 6.0
(II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.so
(II) Module fbdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 0.4.1
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 6.0
(II) VMWARE: driver for VMware SVGA: vmware0405, vmware0710
(II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
(II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 00@00:0f:0
(WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa
(WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev
(II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
(II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux/libfbdevhw.so
(II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 0.0.2
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 6.0
(--) VMWARE(0): VMware SVGA regs at (0x1400, 0x1401)
(II) Loading sub module "vgahw"
(II) LoadModule: "vgahw"
Backtrace:
0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x3b) [0x80e955b]
1: /usr/bin/X (0x8048000+0x61e2d) [0x80a9e2d]
2: (vdso) (__kernel_rt_sigreturn+0x0) [0xb7810410]
3: /usr/bin/X (0x8048000+0x11d85a) [0x816585a]
4: /usr/bin/X (LoadSubModule+0x79) [0x8166239]
5: /usr/bin/X (xf86LoadSubModule+0x6e) [0x80be2ae]
6: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vmware_drv.so (0xb73df000+0x4536) [0xb73e3536]
7: /usr/bin/X (InitOutput+0x5c8) [0x80b9e38]
8: /usr/bin/X (0x8048000+0x1ebbb) [0x8066bbb]
9: /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xe6) [0xb7546bd6]
10: /usr/bin/X (0x8048000+0x1e961) [0x8066961]
Illegal instruction at address 0xb763ce6d
Caught signal 4 (Illegal instruction). Server aborting
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
ddxSigGiveUp: Closing log
root@root:~# lspci -v -s `lspci | awk '/VGA/{print $1}'`
00:0f.0 VGA compatibe:VMware SVGA II Adapter
subsystem: VMware SVGA II Adapter
Flags: medium devsel
I/O ports at 1400 [size=16]
Memory at f00000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128M]
Memory at e80000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8M]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at 20100000 [disabled] [size=32k]
after trying to reconfigure the X server with:
root@root:~# dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
then startx, please see below the output (same as before i believe)
Code:
X.Org X Server 1.7.6
Release Date: 2010-03-17
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.24-27-server i686 Ubuntu
Current Operating System: Linux root 2.6.38 #1 SMP Thu Mar 17 20:52:18 EDT 2011
i686
Kernel command line: file=/cdrom/preseed/custom.seed boot=casper
initrd=/casper/initrd.gz text splash vga=791-- BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz
Build Date: 08 March 2011 08:22:50AM
xorg-server 2:1.7.6-2ubuntu7.6 (For technical support please see
http://www.ubuntu.com/support)
Current version of pixman: 0.16.4
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
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: Sat May 21 13:18:29 2011
(==) Using config directory: "/usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.d"
(==) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section.
(==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
(**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
(==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
Using a default monitor configuration.
(==) Automatically adding devices
(==) Automatically enabling devices
(==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi,
/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType,
built-ins
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules,/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable
AutoAddDevices.
(II) Loader magic: 0x81f1e80
(II) Module ABI versions:
X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
X.Org Video Driver: 6.0
X.Org XInput driver : 7.0
X.Org Server Extension : 2.0
(--) using VT number 8
(--) PCI:*(0:0:15:0) 15ad:0405:15ad:0405 VMware SVGA II Adapter rev 0, Mem @
0xf0000000/134217728, 0xe8000000/8388608, I/O @ 0x00001400/16, BIOS @
0x????????/32768
(II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdbe.so
(II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(==) AIGLX enabled
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "record"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/librecord.so
(II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 1.13.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension RECORD
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so
(II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "dri2"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so
(II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 1.1.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension DRI2
(==) Matched vmware as autoconfigured driver 0
(==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 1
(==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 2
(==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
(II) LoadModule: "vmware"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vmware_drv.so
(II) Module vmware: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.5, module version = 10.16.9
Module class: X.Org Video Driver
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 6.0
(II) LoadModule: "vesa"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so
(II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 2.3.0
Module class: X.Org Video Driver
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 6.0
(II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.so
(II) Module fbdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 0.4.1
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 6.0
(II) VMWARE: driver for VMware SVGA: vmware0405, vmware0710
(II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
(II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 00@00:0f:0
(WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa
(WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev
(II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
(II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux/libfbdevhw.so
(II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.6, module version = 0.0.2
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 6.0
(--) VMWARE(0): VMware SVGA regs at (0x1400, 0x1401)
(II) Loading sub module "vgahw"
(II) LoadModule: "vgahw"
Backtrace:
0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x3b) [0x80e955b]
1: /usr/bin/X (0x8048000+0x61e2d) [0x80a9e2d]
2: (vdso) (__kernel_rt_sigreturn+0x0) [0xb7810410]
3: /usr/bin/X (0x8048000+0x11d85a) [0x816585a]
4: /usr/bin/X (LoadSubModule+0x79) [0x8166239]
5: /usr/bin/X (xf86LoadSubModule+0x6e) [0x80be2ae]
6: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vmware_drv.so (0xb73df000+0x4536) [0xb73e3536]
7: /usr/bin/X (InitOutput+0x5c8) [0x80b9e38]
8: /usr/bin/X (0x8048000+0x1ebbb) [0x8066bbb]
9: /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xe6) [0xb7546bd6]
10: /usr/bin/X (0x8048000+0x1e961) [0x8066961]
Illegal instruction at address 0xb763ce6d
Caught signal 4 (Illegal instruction). Server aborting
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional
information.
ddxSigGiveUp: Closing log
giving up.
xinit: No such file or directory (errno 20): unable to connect to X server
xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.
Then when i type: startkde
i got this:
$DISPLAY is not set or cannot connect to the X server.
Thank you very much alan_ri for spending your time and for helping me.
Best Regards
A wild guess (I seem to be doing those a lot recently), but isn't the below pointing to something ?
Code:
Caught signal 4 (Illegal instruction). Server aborting
Running i686 code on a i486 or so?
From the references to VMWARE, I also think that you're trying this in a virtual machine. No experience with that but are there configuration option for the processor type?
A wild guess (I seem to be doing those a lot recently), but isn't the below pointing to something ?
Code:
Caught signal 4 (Illegal instruction). Server aborting
Running i686 code on a i486 or so?
From the references to VMWARE, I also think that you're trying this in a virtual machine. No experience with that but are there configuration option for the processor type?
Yes, i am using VMware, unfortunately no any configuration for the processor, it just show me how many processor to used, 1 or 2
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