[NTLUG:Discuss] X Problem - Newbie

[Jeff Demel]

Thanks everyone for your advice.  Looks like I've got some investigating to
do.  Apparently XFS isn't starting, and I'm not really sure why.

-Jeff


----- Original Message -----
From: <Kyle_Davenport at compusa.com>
To: <discuss at ntlug.org>
Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 9:20 AM
Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] X Problem - Newbie


>
>
> Font configuration changed in RH 6.2.  The font path and other options go
into
> /etc/X11/fs/config.
> xfs is started with unix port = -1 now to prevent tcp connections to the
font
> server (a security decision by RedHat).
> What must be happening is that xfs is unable to start.   Try running it
from the
> command line:
>
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs start
>
> or if that doesn't tell you what's wrong,
>
> bash -x /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs start
>
> If it starts just fine, check that there is a link to xfs in the rc
directory
> for your runlevel, eg,
>
> > su -
> > runlevel
> N 5
> > ls -l /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/xfs
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> Kevin Brannen <kbrannen at gte.net> on 08/06/2000 10:19:10 PM
>
> Please respond to discuss at ntlug.org
>
> To:   discuss at ntlug.org
> cc:    (bcc: Kyle Davenport/Is/Corporate/CompUSA)
> Subject:  Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] X Problem - Newbie
>
>
>
> "James L. Skidmore" wrote:
> >
> > Jeff,
> >
> > There are some files that are created in /tmp/ (I don't remember what
> > they are called, but should be fairly obvious) that you need to get rid
> > of to fix the problem.
>
> That's possible; look for files that deal with the X Font Server.  But I
> really don't know if this is the problem.  If you normally run with the
XFS,
> then it probably is; if you don't, then read on...
>
> >
> > On Sun, 6 Aug 2000, Jeff Demel wrote:
> >
> ...
> > >
> > > Here's the error I got:
> > >
> > > _FontTransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
> > > Failed to set default font path 'unix/:-1'
> > > Fatal Server Error:
> > > Couldn't open defualt font 'fixed'
>
> That fontpath is telling it to use the "unix" transport for fonts (the man
> page shows "tcp" for this), and if not found, check the "" machine for an
XFS
> on port "-1" (see the man page for "XF86Config").  That looks like a
pretty
> bogus value to me, unless it is some default value that has special
meaning
> (which is not in the man page).
>
> My file has this in it:
>
> Section "Files"
>   RgbPath       "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
>   FontPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
>   FontPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
>   FontPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
>   FontPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/URW"
>   FontPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
>   FontPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
>   FontPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
>   FontPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
> EndSection
>
> Yours may differ, as you many not have loaded the same font RPMs as I did.
> Also, I'm not running an XFS.  I could also have put all these on a single
> line, like:
>
> Section "Files"
>   RgbPath       "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
>   FontPath
>
"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:uns
caled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,
>
> ... ,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
> EndSection
>
> So I guess the bottom line question that's going to determine what you
should
> do is:  Are you running an XFS?  Take the appropriate action based on the
> answer to that question.
>
> HTH,
> Kevin
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