fatal server error!

[rod peters]

Cripes!    fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect:  can't connect: errno = 111 giving up.   xinit: connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server   xinit: no such process (errno 3): server error     I just upgraded to slink and now this message comes up.  Any hints? thanks rod