Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Sun, Oct 22, 2000 at 03:45:41PM +0200, Torbjörn Andersson wrote:
> > Dexter seems to assume that I am running a local font server, which
> > I'm not.
>
> It doesn't assume you do, it assumes you CAN, which is true.
>
> > The problem is that as long as my XF86Config-4 contained the
> > line
> >
> > FontPath "unix/:7100" # local font server
>
> Yes. Read the next line as well.
>
> > X refused to start. The screen went blank and then nothing happened.
> > Commenting out the FontPath line above made it work again.
>
> I seriously doubt this. If the font server isn't running and there are
> other font path elements defined, the X server will try to use them.
I've had the same happen on me with 3.3.6-10 on an out-of-the-box
potato. For some odd reason the font server (xfs-xtt) crashed and
after I logged out, gdm never got around to showing a login dialog.
Turned out that the X server kept crashing with a "can't find font
fixed" message (well something to that extent).
FYI, my XF86Config says amongst other things:
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "unix/:7100"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
EndSection
and I have at least the following fonts packages installed:
ii xfonts-75dpi 3.3.6-2 75 dpi fonts for X
ii xfonts-base 3.3.6-2 standard fonts for X
ii xfonts-scalabl 3.3.6-2 scalable fonts for X
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Olaf Meeuwissen Epson Kowa Corporation, Research and Development
