Re: X is broke... freeing multiple contexts (2)

Wayne Dernoncourt wrote:

Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list! 

As Peter so (surprisingly) helpfully mentions, this indicates that
your X server couldn't find your fontserver. Re-do your X configuration
file to include entries to your font paths and eliminate the connection
to the font server.

Looking at the stuff you posted, I'd guess that you're using X.org
rather than XFree86. If so, your config file is likely
/etc/X11/xorg.conf; if not, it's likely /etc/X11/XF86Config.
Look for a section with the header 'Section "Files"'. You'll
see at least one "FontPath" entry, the one pointing to the
font server (it says "unix:/7100"). For each directory you
have under /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts, put in an entry of the
form 'FontPath  "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/dirname/"', where
"dirname" is the name of the font directory. That should
allow your X server to find your fonts.
.

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