Installing X

[rardoe at rarcom.com (Chris Tresco)]

You might need to turn on xfs....




On Fri, 2002-05-03 at 12:06, Drew Taylor wrote:
> I'm getting closer! Now when I run startx I get an error saying can't find 
> default font fixed. Here's the output from startx. Any ideas where I can 
> get the fixed font RPM? The search interface for rpmfind.net is not too 
> helpful in this respect.
> 
> Thanks
> [root at nephi fonts]# startx
> hostname: Unknown host
> 
> 
> XFree86 Version 4.2.0 (Red Hat Linux release: 4.2.0-7) / X Window System
> (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
> Release Date: 23 January 2002
>          If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
>          newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
>          reporting problems.  (See http://www.XFree86.Org/)
> Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.17-0.13smp i686 [ELF]
> Build Host: daffy.perf.redhat.com
> 
> Module Loader present
> Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
>           (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
>           (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
> (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Fri May  3 12:05:59 2002
> (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"
> Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/, removing 
> from list!
> 
> Fatal server error:
> could not open default font 'fixed'
> 
> When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
> the full server output, not just the last messages.
> This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log".
> Please report problems to xfree86 at xfree86.org.
> 
> XIO:  fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
>        after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
> 
> At 11:00 AM 5/3/02 -0400, Matthew J. Brodeur wrote:
> 
> >    It might be safe to ignore both dependencies (--nodeps to rpm), or you
> >could install the Xaw3d and kernel RPMs.  IIRC, you would get no benefit
> >from having DRM (Direct Rendering Manager, I think) in place anyway, and X
> >will just disable DRI if it doesn't detect the capability in the kernel.
> 
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