Re: Problem with NVIDIA & FC2

From: Alexander Dalloz (ad+lists_at_uni-x.org)
Date: 11/13/04

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Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 23:15:54 +0100

    Am Sa, den 13.11.2004 schrieb rab@nauticom.net um 23:05:

    > I upgraded from RH9 to FC2 and used yum to update. Everything seemed fine.
    > I used yum for some more updates. After doing this I noticed problems with
    > menu text (underlined letters showed up in green boxes). I re-installed
    > the NVIDIA binary drivers (had to - could not get X to start). Now the
    > NVIDA screen shows up clearly but X refuses to start complaining about
    > fonts. I have included the messages below.
    >
    > How can I fix this?
    >
    > Rick B.

    > [root@tangent X11]# startx

    Don't work as root / start programs as root when you don't need to!

    > (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"

    > Fatal server error:
    > could not open default font 'fixed'

    Be sure the xfs is running. Be sure you have enough free space.

    service xfs restart

    Alexander 

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