Hmm,

I tried to send this once before, but the crazy windows server here at work seems to think I have a new e-mail address.  Interesting.

As an end result I joined and then got told my message was going to the moderator.  So, I’ll try this and see if it gets through without the moderator because I need some help asap!

I just fouled up big time.  I was working on making some posters, and decided to download some new fonts.  I used kcontrol to install them as administrator.  BIG MISTAKE!  This screwed things up royally.  I can’t launch.  I get this as an error:

Fatal Server Error

Could not open default font ‘fixed’

I installed the fonts into the directory:  /usr/local/share/fonts/TTF

I have tried the following.  I deleted them, and ran mkfontdir

Didn’t help.

I pulled out my CD’s and reinstalled all of X with the following command.

rpm –Uvh –force X*

I bumped down to init 3 and then back up to 5 and still the same issue.  I even tried linking in the TTF directory.

I don’t know what to do, but I’ve got to get this thing going again.  Honestly, even a hack would be appreciated at this point.

PS.  Don’t use kcontrol 3.2.1 to install fonts as root.  Or you might wind up using a windows machine to beg for help……..

Thanks

--andy