[NTLUG:Discuss] xfs weirdness

Kevin Brannen kbrannen at gte.net
Mon Feb 28 13:02:09 CST 2000


Bobby Wrenn wrote:
> 
> I recently had a power failure which left X Widows broken. I have gotten
> X working again except for one thing. I am back to the tiny fonts I had
> before editing /etc/X11/fs/config.
> 
> If I try to restart xfs (/etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs stop) I get an error
> [FAILED]
> If I try to start xfs (/etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs start) I get a reply of [ OK
> ].
> ps afx | grep xfs indicates the xfs is not running.
> I reinstalled xfs from rpm and there is no change.
> 
> Any ideas out there?
> Bobby

It almost looks like some other important files got trashed.  I'd consider re-installing
all the X rpms (basic, server, xfs, 75dpi, 100dpi, ...).  If you already have done that, I
don't know; I'm not that familiar with xfs.

Kevin




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