On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 07:53:46PM -0700, Dan scribbled... > To Whom It May Concern, > > I am a new user to the Linux Environment, and I am having problems getting > xWindows to run on my workstation. Here is a list of what I have in my > computer: > ... > The problem I am having is that it is not recognizing any fonts, and after i > do a startX it goes the processes and comes up with Unable to communicate > with XServer. I have gone through the XConfig many times and still comes up > with this error. The next time I start the XServer I will remember to write > down the errors. > > Also any recommendations for reading manuals and quick guides to Linux will > be of great help.
Do you have font directories setup in /etc/X11/XF86Config (or XF86Config-4 for X 4.x)? Are there fonts in these directories? Which Xserver are you running? I'd guess 3.3.6 unless you setup 4.x by hand. Try upgrading to 4.x it supports more cards, and I'm not sure if the v3 is supported by 3.3.6 (plus 4.x is just sooo much better). You can see the exact output of your XServer in /var/log/XFree86.?.log cat the errors from that to the end of your next mail.
