Yum upgrade damage 3 of my systems yesterday

[Julian Rios]

And remember my problem:

# startx

could not init .... unix/:7000
....
FATAL: Not found font 'fixed'

This error is because XFS is not listening. The problem target is XFS.
Now, XFS say this:

# service xfs start
 Starting XFS .... OK

# service xfs status
xfs was died, but pid file found

# xfs
Many of errors indicating:
Ignoring font path element tararara (path of the fonts) (bad
descriptor font path)
FATAL: Element #0 bad font path ....


On 11/24/06, Julian Rios <jrios at sapian.org> wrote:
> I can't restore my systems !!! help !!!
>
> Yesterday i probed with:
>
> 1. Reinstall NVIDIA driver (from vendor and last version that work
> perfectly) - Result: Nothing.
>
> 2. Rebuild RPM database - Result: Nothing
>
> 3. Uninstall packages related to xfs, and ALL fonts of the system.
> Then, i install them again. - Result: Nothing
>
> 4. Search in Google for: (bad font path descriptor) error from XFS:
> Incredible but google not have info about this !!!!
>
> 5. I desesperate !
>
> 6. I am sure, the yum upgrade cause the problem, is not coinsidence
> that 3 of my systems damage with the same update !!!!
>
>
> Thanks !!!
>
> On 11/23/06, Julian Rios <jrios at sapian.org> wrote:
> > Hello community !
> >
> > In my Workstations i use Fedora Core 6. Daily, i run yum upgrade -y
> > command for upgrade the OS. Yesterday i have a surprise when finished
> > the yum upgrade and reboot ............ X11 did not start. Tracing the
> > logs, i found that the XFS Font Server did not start. NVIDIA driver
> > was correct. Next, put my actions:
> >
> > # startx
> >    .....
> >    .....
> >    could not init font path element unix/:7000
> >    FATAL: could not init default font fixed
> >
> > # service xfs status
> >    xfs is died, but pid file found
> >
> > # service xfs restart
> >    Starting xfs .... Ok
> >
> > # service xfs status
> >     xfs is died, but pid file found
> >
> > # xfs
> >     many of errors indicating: ignoring font path element (bad font path
> >     desciptor)
> >     ignoring /usr/share/X11/fonts/misc (bad font path desciptor)
> >     .......
> >     XFS fatal error: element #0 of font path is bad
> >
> > I am confused, i reinstall the package xorg-x11-xfs and reinstall the
> > fonts xorg-x11-fonts-base* and nothing !!!
> >
> > The problem init when the yum upgrade finish the last actualization.
> > What happend ?, i still continue with the problem, help !!!
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > --
> > Julian Rios
> > Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) - 2006
> > CID:  804006426121271
> > Sapian S.A - Tel: 3153470
> >
>
>
> --
> Julian Rios
> Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) - 2006
> CID:  804006426121271
> Sapian S.A - Tel: 3153470
>


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Julian Rios
Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) - 2006
CID:  804006426121271
Sapian S.A - Tel: 3153470