"Eric G. Miller" <egm2@jps.net> writes:
> For a couple days now I've been experiencing alot of problems related to
> fonts in X. It must be related to recent upgrade of X or related font
> libraries. Certain font requents seem to be killing alot of
> applications with errors such as:
>
> X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for
> operation)
> Major opcode of failed request: 45 (X_OpenFont)
> Value in failed request: 0x140000d
> Serial number of failed request: 34
> Current serial number in output stream: 35
>
> This seems to hit the whole gamut of graphical applications, so many
> won't run. Anyone else seeing this? Anyone got a clue what/how to fix
> this?
I had a bunch of font problems after an upgrade of unstable, which
ultimately had to do with the fact that my /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
didn't know how to deal with the font server. I ended up adding
Section "Files"
FontPath "unix/localhost:7100"
EndSection
to the above config file and it all started working again.
The problem is, what I know about X and fonts (and all matters
graphical) would rattle in a nutshell. Still, it might be worth a
try...
Dan
P.S. Anybody know a good introduction for beginners to this whole area
(i.e., fonts, character sets, and graphical displays)?