screen not found fatal error in X (Re: disk space)

[Orion the Hunter <orion@massey.ee.nd.edu>]

Quoting Daniel Brosemer <dbroseme@cornus.glfc.forestry.ca>:
> This brings me to a question I wanted to ask the group.
> 
> I can start X as root w/o problems, but as a user, it says: 
> 
> (using VT number 7)
> 
> Warning: The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/" does not exist.
>          Entry deleted from font path.
> Warning: The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/" does not exist.
> 	 Entry deleted from font path.
> 
> Fatal server error:
> no screens found
> X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
> 
> Up until the "Fatal server error:" is the same as I get starting as root, so
> it's not the lack of fonts that's killing me.  The fact that it works as root
> makes me think it's a permissions problem, but all the same files are suid and
> sgid here as on my intel.

This happened to me too.  The problem seems to be with some
device file permissions.  The following solved the problem for me:

	chmod a+r /dev/fb0

You have to run it as root.  Regards,

-- 
Hermano Cabral