fangbite Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 Ok I was doing something from this thread http://mandrakeusers.org/index.php?showtopic=19090 when I got this problem. When i boot into linux i get only as far as the command line login. Usually it goes straight into kde but the screen flickers then it goes to command line. When i tell it to boot into kde the screen flickers then it says several keys have been redefined, the font 'fixed' cannot be loaded and the server has crashed. I need this problem fixed. The computer is a Dell Latitude CPX (laptop) with mandrake 10.0 OE installed. Any help appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 Well if the problem is just the 2 fonts why not delete them? Type 'cd $HOME/.fonts' <enter> 'rm comic*' <enter> Anyway, are you sure just copied the 2 fonts? And nothing else? I find it hard to believe that 2 fonts can crash the X server. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fangbite Posted September 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 thats all I did. I deleted the two like you said but same problem. Exact same problem when i was finished. I also copied the files into the folder fonts:/ through kde but I can't seem to find where that is through command line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 Try restarting the font server: as root type /etc/init.d/xfs stop <enter> /etc/init.d/xfs start <enter> PS You mean you got these problems when you removed the fonts? That shouldn't matter as far as I know. You sure you removed just the fonts? fonts:/ is just .fonts. Meaning the fonts got replaced when you copied them there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fangbite Posted September 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 The problem started when I added the fonts comic.ttf and comicbd.ttf to the fonts directory. It didn't go away when i removed them. I will try to restarting the font server when i get home from work (slow day) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sellis Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 There's more discussion of this problem over on this thread. I'm in much the same boat myself, as you can see. I've Googled around and have found several suggestions, which I will try this evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fangbite Posted September 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 I finally said screw it, reinstalled the root partition, made an exact replica of my past home user, but the problem is that the old user (same name and pass as the new) isn't letting the new user access the files, therefore kde can't boot. Whats the best way to give permissions to the old user john, to the new user john. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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