aperahama Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 I am using Mandrake 10. Last night I installed a new font from Windoze after clicking on the font file with Konqueror ad clicking on the install button, it reported back that the font had been installed, no problem. This morning when I tied to start the computer it logged into a command line mode, (after showing the Nvidia splash screen three times instead of the usual once). When I tried to startx it came back with the message "could not open default font 'fixed' ". I have not made any changes to the XF86Config or any other files. I assume that the two events are related. Can anybody shed some light on this problem, I haven't a cue where to start looking to fix this problem. (apart from a re install which seem OTT) Thanks for any help you are able to give me (I currently logged in from my work place computer) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 this happened to someone the other day http://www.mandrakeusers.org/index.php?sho...c=14683&hl=font their /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc dir was missing......is yours? To find out login>su to root>and do; ls /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ if it's missing follow my instructions on the other thread Yes, that is where the default fonts are! X has to have them. The easiest way to fix that is to force the uninstall of XFree86 and reinstall. The other is to force the reinstall of the pkg. /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/cursor.pcf.gz is part of the XFree86 pkg [root@localhost root]# urpmf /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/cursor.pcf.gz XFree86:/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/cursor.pcf.gz [root@localhost root]# rpm -qa | grep XFree86 XFree86-server-4.3-32mdk XFree86-75dpi-fonts-4.3-32mdk XFree86-4.3-32mdk XFree86-xfs-4.3-32mdk In X now, I will do this in a terminal to show you how. [root@localhost root]# rpm -e --nodeps XFree86 [root@localhost root]# rpm -qa | grep XFree86 XFree86-server-4.3-32mdk XFree86-75dpi-fonts-4.3-32mdk XFree86-xfs-4.3-32mdk [root@localhost root]# urpmi XFree86 ftp://ftp.proxad.net/pub/Distributions_Linux/Mandrakelinux/devel/cooker/ i586/Mandrake/RPMS/XFree86-4.3-32mdk.i586.rpm installing /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/XFree86-4.3-32mdk.i586.rpm Preparing... ################################################## moving /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb to /etc/X11/xkb linking to ../../../../etc/X11/xkb moving /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/compiled to /var/lib/xkb linking to ../../../../../var/lib/xkb moving /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver to /etc/X11/xserver linking to ../../../../etc/X11/xserver moving /etc/X11/xdm/authdir to /var/lib/xdm linking to ../../../var/lib/xdm 1:XFree86 ################################################## [root@localhost root]# All done.....of course if you are using the cd's as your sources then you'll be prompted to insert the cd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aperahama Posted June 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2004 Problem solved a line in my XF86Config-4 had been changed by the installation of the fonts Section "Files" # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) # By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of # the X server to render fonts. FontPath "unix/:-1" EndSection The Fontpath line had been replaced with a couple of new lines detailing other paths to various font directories. Thanks for your help bvc it put me on the right path to a solution Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frazelle09 Posted March 19, 2006 Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 It seems i have the same prob. i can't get my gui up. Have been looking for 2 days now for a solution. Yours seems to be one of the better ones, but when i type [root@localhost root]# urpmf /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/cursor.pcf.gz XFree86:/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/cursor.pcf.gz which i think is the first command, all i get is a help screen for the command urpmf. I still don't know how to rescroll it or keep it from scrolling off my screen before i can read the first few lines. i installed Mandriva 2006 free from the 3 CD set on a PIII 500Mhz machine and it had been working great until i tried installing a ttf through the MCC. Arg. Any idea on how can i get these fonts back? Thanks and have a great afternoon! :) this happened to someone the other dayhttp://www.mandrakeusers.org/index.php?sho...c=14683&hl=font their /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc dir was missing......is yours? To find out login>su to root>and do; ls /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ if it's missing follow my instructions on the other thread Yes, that is where the default fonts are! X has to have them. The easiest way to fix that is to force the uninstall of XFree86 and reinstall. The other is to force the reinstall of the pkg. /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/cursor.pcf.gz is part of the XFree86 pkg [root@localhost root]# urpmf /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/cursor.pcf.gz XFree86:/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/cursor.pcf.gz [root@localhost root]# rpm -qa | grep XFree86 XFree86-server-4.3-32mdk XFree86-75dpi-fonts-4.3-32mdk XFree86-4.3-32mdk XFree86-xfs-4.3-32mdk In X now, I will do this in a terminal to show you how. [root@localhost root]# rpm -e --nodeps XFree86 [root@localhost root]# rpm -qa | grep XFree86 XFree86-server-4.3-32mdk XFree86-75dpi-fonts-4.3-32mdk XFree86-xfs-4.3-32mdk [root@localhost root]# urpmi XFree86 ftp://ftp.proxad.net/pub/Distributions_Linux/Mandrakelinux/devel/cooker/ i586/Mandrake/RPMS/XFree86-4.3-32mdk.i586.rpm installing /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/XFree86-4.3-32mdk.i586.rpm Preparing... ################################################## moving /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb to /etc/X11/xkb linking to ../../../../etc/X11/xkb moving /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/compiled to /var/lib/xkb linking to ../../../../../var/lib/xkb moving /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver to /etc/X11/xserver linking to ../../../../etc/X11/xserver moving /etc/X11/xdm/authdir to /var/lib/xdm linking to ../../../var/lib/xdm 1:XFree86 ################################################## [root@localhost root]# All done.....of course if you are using the cd's as your sources then you'll be prompted to insert the cd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted March 20, 2006 Report Share Posted March 20, 2006 First install the fonts again (type urpmi fonts). Then try restarting the font server. type: service xfs start Then try to start X, type: startx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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