Re: [MLUG] Crazy X problem

[Mustafa Gringo <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

When I boot my machine I normally get a graphical login with X running.  Then 
after login KDE loads and I'm at my desktop.  Also, other than 
this(which I believe I fixed last time by reinstalling X but that can be 
annoying) I've never had a problem with my setup before and don't really want 
to reinstall a distro.  Oh, and xfs runs.

On Tuesday 06 November 2001 08:48 pm, you wrote:
> > I was installing codemaster's WINE through RPM(i've had problems
> > compiling) and it said that I needed to upgrade to TrueType2.  I'm not
> > really using a specific distro, but I'm using the config files and base
> > system setup from Slackware 8 and the RPM collection from Mandrake 8,
> > though I've changed much of it around so I don't know how helpful that
> > will be.
>
> Why such a weird system?  It doesn't make any sense to me.  If it's really
> broken, you might just want to reinstall the system with straight Mandrake
> 8.1, since conflicting installs are probably the cause of the problem.
>
> > I use KDE
> > 2.1.1.  Oh, and my problem with true type fonts is that well...they don't
> > display.  Most programs won't recognize their usage and the few that do
> > try to display them just come out with unrecognizable and odd symbols.
>
> Is the fonts.dir file correct?  Try temporarily removing the directory with
> all your TTF fonts from the config file and make another directory with
> just the bare minimum of fonts - arial, verdana, courier new, times new
> roman, and add others only if these work.  If they don't, something is
> pretty screwed up with your system.  Some fonts might prevent the
> fontserver from starting up. You can check if it's running by running ps
> -aux.  It will show the process as xfs.  If it isn't running, that's the
> problem.
>
> Also, is the computer in X or text mode when it boots up?  If it's in X but
> it just shows an xterm, try starting kde by running startkde.  It should
> start up or give you an error.  Also, what is it logged in as?  Root?  Does
> it ask for a password?
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