Re: X doesn't run -- fixed font not found
> On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 11:17:31PM -0700, Adam
Rotaru > wrote:
> > Today I upgraded my unstable install, and X
stopped
> > working. It includes X packages 4.1.0-8 (was -7)
> Woohoo!!! So it's not just me. Alright, we gotta
make some comparisons
> here. 1) Did you reboot your computer at all after
the upgrade? 2) Are
> you running a font server? 3) Are you using an ext3
filesystem?
1) Yes, the problem occured after a reboot.
2) Yes, I run xfs. I tried it with and without, even
with xfs-ttf, no difference
3) No, I'm using ext2.
I do use xfonts-base, xfonts-75dpi, xfonts-100dpi,
xfonts-75dpi-transcoded, xfonts-100dpi-transcoded,
xfonts-biznet.
I tries so many thing, reinstalled X packages and font
packages from testing (4.1.0-7), but still the same.
I strace-d xfs, but no clue. It reads the fonts.dir
and fonts.alias files, and then decided that the
directory is unreadable.
Finally I managed the solve it this way: I noticed
Type1 and Speedo fond dirs are OK, copied all font
files from misc to Type1, run update-fonts-dir and
-alias a couple of time, (also copied
/etx/X11/fonts/misc/xfonts-base... to ../Type1).
First the effect was that Type1 got unreadable too,
but after several tries it worked, and got the 'fixed'
font from my hacked Type1 directory. I can't explain
what is going on.
It still can't read my misc, 75dpi, 100dpi
directories.
BTW, both xfs and xfs-ttf give errors in syslog when I
start them, of the form:
localhost xfs: ignoring font path element
/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/ (unreadable)
--Adam
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