Any suggestion???

[madhumala_j]

Yesterday the X server of my machine (redhat 8 linux) crashed

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[hagarth]

What error message does startx give before crashing? Usually it will be some problem with fonts or library dependencies.

[madhumala_j]

Sorry for delay in replying.
Well I am pasting only the relevant part of Log File: /var/log/XFree86.0.log … c if u can debug with this much detail only, else let me know.

Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'..

[anandamatthur]

Give the detailed log please. btb, run xf86config command to re-setup X. btb, Why redhat 8 still? I suggest remove the whole thing and install something new.

[hagarth]

Fixed font has always been a problem with startx. This article talks about fixing such a problem. Hopefully, this should sort your problem out.

[madhumala_j]

whatever is mentioned in the link is very relevant...
and i am doing the same thing, ie initially after booting the xfs status is dead, so i have to start it explicitly (which i never used to do before loading the device driver for internal modem)

well i think i have to customize the boot process..
was just wondering whether the problem is due to device driver r something else???

[indianerd]

madam,why can't u write a simple shell script,and run both the commands in it.
finally to make it much simple give the name "startx" to it.

[kewldeaf]

Heh Typical arun ...

[madhumala_j]

very true ;-)

[madhumala_j]

check the above reply!!!

[ashwin_krishna]

Why cant you add an entry for starting xfs in your bash_profile file ;)