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Jstyle
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2004 4:51 am    Post subject: xorg - Could not init font path element...but they are there Reply with quote

i just installed xorg and had a lot of problems, i removed it and tried xfree same problem....now im back to xorg, with more success....

now when i startx it goes to a gray screen and seems to load but that's all...
when i kill x i get:
.......
Using vt 7
Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/Speedo/, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/Type1/, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/CID/, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/local/, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/util/, removing from list!
xinit: connection to X server lost.

im new to linux in general....just so you know

i believe i will/do also do not have my keyboard *ps/2* and mouse *3button usb optical* working
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2004 8:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Look at in these directories! Most of them are empty, that's why xserver says it can't init its elements.

Maybe Type1 dir contains fonts. Than you should go to this dir, and run these as root:
Code:
mkfontdir
mkfontscale
fc-cache


This should regenerate the font info files.

Sometimes, if the problem persist AND there are fonts in the dir, it means that some of them has problems, and X can't use them. If you run mkfontdir and ~scale, it will probably write the fonts which has problems - you have to delete them and mkfont*** again, while it wil run without errors.

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 1:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i did both that u suggested, still wont load gnome and still same errors.....

all dir's have files in them ... could it help to unmerge xorg? cuz i already did that once....?
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 5:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have the same problem ......

EDIT:
Except that Xorg starts and runs fine based on other fonts that do work .

bump

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 6:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

There is a hint to the error message 'Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/, removing from list!' in the XOrg FAQ: http://freedesktop.org/bin/view/XOrg/FAQErrorMessages#I_keep_getting_the_error_message

hth
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