 | | | startx -unable to start | startx -unable to start 2005-06-29 - By Mike Wooding
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--- Hari N <hari2n@(protected)> wrote:
> On 6/29/05, Geetha Thanu <geetha_thanu@(protected)> wrote:
> >
> >
> > If i give startx I get the following error
> >
> > Fatal server error:
> > could not open default font 'fixed'
>
>
> Check if you have installed the font it is asking for. Check the path
> of the
> font that has been specified in /etc/XF86Config file.
>
> Other crude method is not to load this font. Open the /etc/XF86Config
> file
> and find the lines that have the font 'fixed' & comment them out.
> Doing it
> this way may or may not work, but you could give it a try.
You may need service/daemon "xfs" running. Use
chkconfig to see if it's "on" and/or to turn it "on".
Or I think XF86Config can be edited to not need the
fontserver.
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