Re: Xrefuses to start -- solved
> On Wed, 18 Apr 2001 13:37:50 +0200, Gert Langrock said: > > Hello, > > > > on sunday I did a apt-get upgrade on unstable and after > > this X was unable to start. It showed an error message > > saying that it was unable to load the default font > > "fixed". What is wrong and in which package? I also > > use xfs although I am not shure whether the Xserver uses > > it or not? > > i don't particularly like xfs. don't know why. seems a little useless to > have a server for one box. > perhaps for diskless Xterminals, maybe. nevertheless. > > you're either missing the xfonts-base package, or you don't have > > FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc" > > in the Section "Files" of /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 > > (most likely the former if you're trying to use xfs as your only means of > getting fonts, but that seems unlikely, unless you wrote your config > yourself. the debian config tool adds both iirc) > > this problem sometimes seems to show up. i've found the best way to get a > decent X install is to install the task-x-window-system-core package (or > the more extensive task-x-window-system package, which includes a great > number of utilities) > The problem is solved. Both Font-path and package xfonts-base were set and installed. However since it was just an update to newer package versions i did not control the update process very carefully. It seeems that configuration of the package xfonts-base failed for some reason. A dpkg-reconfigure xfonts-base did the trick! Thanks for your help, Olaf
Version 4.0.3, Neomagic, 100% CPU, Thinkpad 240.
I have seen this reported on the Xfree86 lists and previously on here. Xfree86 (the binary) running at 100% yet the console is blacked out and unresponsice. Running either startx or XFree86 with strace yields no obvious errors and Xfree86.log doesnt show anything untoward either. Putting in the no_accel option and the server starts Ok (albeit as slow as ?!$*). Kinda lost as what to do next. My XF86Config-4 hasnt changed since the last time I rebooted my Thinkpad 240 laptop although I notice the binaries did on April 14. Neil -- -- Neil Levine http://www.yoyo.org --
Re: Version 4.0.3, Neomagic, 100% CPU, Thinkpad 240.
On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 01:57:16AM +0100, Neil Levine a ecrit: > I have seen this reported on the Xfree86 lists and previously on here. > Xfree86 (the binary) running at 100% yet the console is blacked out > and unresponsice. > > Running either startx or XFree86 with strace yields no obvious errors > and Xfree86.log doesnt show anything untoward either. > > Putting in the no_accel option and the server starts Ok (albeit as > slow as ?!$*). > > Kinda lost as what to do next. My XF86Config-4 hasnt changed since the > last time I rebooted my Thinkpad 240 laptop although I notice the > binaries did on April 14. Sorry, the /modules/ were changed yesterday: -rwxr-xr-x1 root root50915 Apr 22 09:15 /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/neomagic_drv.o Running woody. N -- -- Neil Levine http://www.yoyo.org --
Re: Xrefuses to start -- solved
> On Wed, 18 Apr 2001 13:37:50 +0200, Gert Langrock said: > > Hello, > > > > on sunday I did a apt-get upgrade on unstable and after > > this X was unable to start. It showed an error message > > saying that it was unable to load the default font > > "fixed". What is wrong and in which package? I also > > use xfs although I am not shure whether the Xserver uses > > it or not? > > i don't particularly like xfs. don't know why. seems a little useless to > have a server for one box. > perhaps for diskless Xterminals, maybe. nevertheless. > > you're either missing the xfonts-base package, or you don't have > > FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc" > > in the Section "Files" of /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 > > (most likely the former if you're trying to use xfs as your only means of > getting fonts, but that seems unlikely, unless you wrote your config > yourself. the debian config tool adds both iirc) > > this problem sometimes seems to show up. i've found the best way to get a > decent X install is to install the task-x-window-system-core package (or > the more extensive task-x-window-system package, which includes a great > number of utilities) > The problem is solved. Both Font-path and package xfonts-base were set and installed. However since it was just an update to newer package versions i did not control the update process very carefully. It seeems that configuration of the package xfonts-base failed for some reason. A dpkg-reconfigure xfonts-base did the trick! Thanks for your help, Olaf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Version 4.0.3, Neomagic, 100% CPU, Thinkpad 240.
I have seen this reported on the Xfree86 lists and previously on here. Xfree86 (the binary) running at 100% yet the console is blacked out and unresponsice. Running either startx or XFree86 with strace yields no obvious errors and Xfree86.log doesnt show anything untoward either. Putting in the no_accel option and the server starts Ok (albeit as slow as ?!$*). Kinda lost as what to do next. My XF86Config-4 hasnt changed since the last time I rebooted my Thinkpad 240 laptop although I notice the binaries did on April 14. Neil -- -- Neil Levine http://www.yoyo.org -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Version 4.0.3, Neomagic, 100% CPU, Thinkpad 240.
On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 01:57:16AM +0100, Neil Levine a ecrit: > I have seen this reported on the Xfree86 lists and previously on here. > Xfree86 (the binary) running at 100% yet the console is blacked out > and unresponsice. > > Running either startx or XFree86 with strace yields no obvious errors > and Xfree86.log doesnt show anything untoward either. > > Putting in the no_accel option and the server starts Ok (albeit as > slow as ?!$*). > > Kinda lost as what to do next. My XF86Config-4 hasnt changed since the > last time I rebooted my Thinkpad 240 laptop although I notice the > binaries did on April 14. Sorry, the /modules/ were changed yesterday: -rwxr-xr-x1 root root50915 Apr 22 09:15 /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/neomagic_drv.o Running woody. N -- -- Neil Levine http://www.yoyo.org -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
