Re: Xpmac couldn't find font 'fixed'

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 01:21:04PM -0700, Steven Schlansker wrote:
> Ok, now when I startx it shows a patterned screen with a little X 
> cursor for about 1/2 second, then spits out this:
> 
> steven@www:~$ sudo startx
> xauth:  error in locking authority file /home/steven/.Xauthority
> xauth:  error in locking authority file /home/steven/.Xauthority
> xauth:  error in locking authority file /home/steven/.Xauthority
> xauth:  error in locking authority file /home/steven/.Xauthority
> 
> Woowoo
> 
> Xpmac / X Window System (X11R6.3)
> Release Date: April 10, 2000
> 
> Running in mode=13, depth=8; req mode=0 depth=0
> Using VT number 7
> Mapped frame buffer (physaddr 0xf1001000 size 0x7ec10) at 0x30027000.
> PEXExtensionInit: Couldn't open default PEX font file  Roman_M
> Using XFree86/Linux keycode handling.
> 
> waiting for X server to shut down
> 
> xauth:  error in locking authority file /home/steven/.Xauthority

Please provide the full /var/log/XFree86.0.log, as it assuredly says at
the bottom of the above error message. That said do you have the rights
to the /home/steven/.Xauthority directory ? i see you are running startx
as root, which is not a good idea per see, but it seems tosearch stuff
in your home directory. Try it by being full root, or better yet, as a
user.

Friendly,

Sven Luther