Stephen Brown on Sat, 12 Aug 2000 11:08:25 -0400 (EDT)


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Re: [PLUG] Error in starting X


Rebecca Ore wrote:
> 
> I'm getting this error message:
> 
> _FontTransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
> failed to set default font path 'unix/:-1'
> Fatal server error:
> could not open default font 'fixed'
> 
> Anyone have any idea of how to fix this?
You need to start the X Font Server (xfs, or xfsft),
The details depend on the distro you are using, but
for example on redhat you can try
/etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs start

if that fixes the problem, do (as root) ntsysv
and enable xfs at startup.

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Stephen Brown           Data Clarity, Inc.
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