X font problem

http://www.xfree86.org/pipermail/fonts/2001-February/000554.html

Could not init font path element unix/:-1, removing from list!
Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'
Remedy?
#1 Check to see if xfs is running.
[root@mail /root]# ps waux | grep xfs
xfs 592 0.0 1.9 3624 2580 ? S Jan27 0:00 xfs -port -1 -daemon
[root@mail /root]#
If you do not see a similar line try starting it. If you use mandrake or redhat then use Linuxconf to restart it. It is in control panel under control service activity.
/usr/X11R6/bin/xfs
is the executable controlled by the following script
*** Usage: xfs ***
/etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs {start|stop|status|reload|restart}

#2 This is a hack but it works if your xfs is broken.
Add any font path I find like. Note I have tried several and most work like this, but not all!
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
# FontPath "unix/:-1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts"
EndSection
While this works I have no idea how it works with Mandrake's FontDrake.
NOTE: Also for the heck of it, I tried DrakConf to set the color depth from16 to 32 bits. I got a crash on restart it had added that line unix/ font for the path and it replaced "nvidia" with "nv" again! So it must have started with a basic file and went from there. Good to know!

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Damn! ;)

Svaret viste sig at være at køre X -configure og så tage den FontPath der blev genereret og paste den ind i den eksisterende XF86Config-4.

M.v.h. Svante