Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 15:10:16 -0500 From: stan <stanb@awod.com> To: Mark Edwards <mark@antsclimbtree.com> Cc: Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Gnome 2 on FreeBSD 4.7p3 -- multiple issues Message-ID: <20030214201016.GB1899@teddy.fas.com> In-Reply-To: <AAE4ACF2-4056-11D7-95D6-0005025E566F@antsclimbtree.com> References: <20030214192109.GB32002@teddy.fas.com> <AAE4ACF2-4056-11D7-95D6-0005025E566F@antsclimbtree.com>
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On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 11:58:20AM -0800, Mark Edwards wrote: > On Friday, February 14, 2003, at 11:21 AM, stan wrote: > > >On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 11:46:47AM -0800, Mark Edwards wrote: > >>On Thursday, February 13, 2003, at 11:29 AM, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > >> > >>>On Thu, 2003-02-13 at 13:03, Mark Edwards wrote: > >>>>>>I've fixed my XFree86 install, and I have 4.2.1 running. All of > >>>>>>the > >>>>>>ports mentioned above are installed. I am able to run xf86cfg > >>>>>>graphically and configure, and I can run X using startx, which > >>>>>>loads > >>>>>>fine. > >>>>>> > >>>>>>However, when I do: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>sudo /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d/gdm.sh start > >>>>>> > >>>>>>I get: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Feb 13 01:28:56 lilbuddy gdm[15381]: Failed to start the display > >>>>>>server > >>>>>>several times in a short time period; disabling display :0 > >>>>> > >>>>>I would need to see the X log to know if it's a gdm problem. > >>>>>However, > >>>>>I've never tried starting gdm under sudo. > >>>> > >>>>Well, the same behavior occurs if I just restart the machine and let > >>>>the script be triggered normally, so I doubt that sudo has anything > >>>>to > >>>>do with it. Also, I successfully started gdm many times this way > >>>>under > >>>>gnome 2.0. > >>>> > >>>>I have posted /var/log/:0.log and var/log/XFree86.0.log here: > >>>> > >>>>http://mark.antsclimbtree.com/Xlog.txt > >>> > >>>Nothing useful here. You might try doing a forced rebuild of gdm2. > >>> > >>>Joe > >> > >>I got it. I tried switching to root, and running startx (root's > >>.xinitrc was set to start gnome). I got a complaint that fontconfig > >>couldn't start. Aha! > >> > >>I removed /usr/X11R6/etc/fonts and reinstalled > >>/usr/ports/x11-fonts/fontconfig and voila! Everything's fine, AND I > >>have anti-aliased fonts! Damn, that was painful, but I guess it was > >>worth it. > > > >I"m fighting this exact same problem, and I was wondering if I could > >trouble you with a couple of questions. > > > >You say you removed /usr/X11R6/etc/fonts. Do you mean the whole thing? > >As > >in evert font on the system? If so, exactly what did you do to reinstall > >just the fonts? > > My /usr/X11R6/etc/fonts directory looks like this: > > total 16 > -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 8618 Feb 13 11:35 fonts.conf > -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 5712 Feb 13 11:35 fonts.dtd > > So, I removed that directory, and I did > > cd /usr/ports/x11-fonts/fontconfig > make deinstall > make clean install Thanks, I was confused, I thought yu were remooving the fonts themselves. I had to remove the 75 dpi fonts on one of my machines to get fc-cahe to run. In any case, I've done this, and I will be able to test when I egt home. Thanks for the help. -- "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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