On Wed, 7 Jan 2004, Chris McD wrote: > after restarting my computer X won't start as the kernel enters run > lever 5. the auto x config starts but cannot fix it. I get these > outputs from the logs in /var/log/: > > XFree86.0.log: > > Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list! > > > > Fatal server error: > > could not open default font 'fixed' > > messages: > > Jan 7 21:29:09 home xfs: xfs startup succeeded > > Jan 7 21:29:09 home xfs: cannot establish any listening sockets > > [..] > > Jan 7 21:29:18 home gpm[2531]: O0o.oops(): [gpm.c(949)]: > > Jan 7 21:29:18 home gpm[2531]: mouse initialization failed > > Jan 7 21:29:26 home gdm[2717]: gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting :0 > > Jan 7 21:29:35 home gdm[2720]: gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting :0 > > Jan 7 21:29:48 home gdm[2723]: gdm_slave_xioerror_handler: Fatal X error - Restarting :0 > > [etc] > > I don't really know much about this but it seems that the problem is the > x font server, specifically "xfs: cannot establish any listening sockets" . > Restarting xfs doesn't seem to make any difference. Does anyone know > what the problem is and what to do about it? On some systems, gpm and the X server don't along. Try stopping gpm first before starting gdm or the X server.
