[NTLUG:Discuss] xfs weirdness

[Mark Bickel]

> Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 13:02:09 -0600
> From: Kevin Brannen <kbrannen at gte.net>
 
> To: discuss at ntlug.org
> Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] xfs weirdness
> 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

xfs runs on port 7100 by default. make sure that port is not blocked.
You may have a file /etc/X11/defaultFontPath. There should be a line:

tcp/:7100

at the point in the search path where you want X to look for the server,
(usually at the top of the file).

As to why xfs is not started, to learn more you could try:
 
strace /usr/X11R6/bin/xfs
or
strace '/etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs start'

netstat -a|grep 7100

should let you see if the service is running.

rgds,
Mark.Bickel at ericsson.com