X 4.02 font server crash

[Bradmont]

I just installed X v4.02 from binaries on debian 2.2r2 over my previous X install (3.3.? (6?)... the ver prepackaged with Potato r2), and it was running fine, until I rebooted. On boot, the system hangs after the message

Starting X font server: xfsFontCacheInitialize: hi = 1048576, lo = 786432, bal = 70
I can still boot using "linux single" to get in and repair it, but I don't know how to fix the problem. Can anybody tell me how to fix the error (or even just deactivate xfs)?

[Bradmont]

Anybosy?

[Gaccm]

This is a long shot, but...
How old is your monitor? you have it set up (i think) at 1024x768 with a ver(or horizontal, i dont know) frequency of 70. If you are using an old monitor this might be too much. You said that you had it working in 3.3.x so i bet this is not relevent. You might try to rerun xf86config and set conservative settings.

P.S. You use xdm? boo, real men enter X with startx :)

[Bradmont]

No, it can't be a monitor problem. I have it running at 1280x1024 @ 75 hz... the same as I have it set up in windows. I had X 4.02 working before I rebooted, its just that the font server crashes on boot.

And xdm is for sissies! It is very annoying booting into a GUI.... a litle too much like a certain other OS that is around.

But now that I think about it, I may not have disabled xdm if it was installed when I upgraded. I'll check and see if disabling it might have some effect.

Thanks for the suggestion.

[ 03 February 2001: Message edited by: Bradmont ]

[Bradmont]

I got it working... sort of.
Here's what I did:
I went into /usr/X11R6/
checked the folder contents, saw a prog called xfs (exactly what I was looking for), and ran it. It gave me the exact same message as when the system freezes on regular boot, so I killed the process, and renamed the file. The system now boots fine, but this solution is somewhat ugly... at least it works.
If anybody can think of a more elegant way, please tell me.

Thanks.