X applications fail to start with "Could not open default font 'fixed'" because "xfs" font server stops responding on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue
- Using "xfs" as font server, new X applications fail to start with "Could not open default font 'fixed'",
- Whereas the"xfs" daemon continues to run and no error is reported in the logs,
- Restarting "xfs" restores the functionality.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3,
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4,
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5,
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Default configuration of xfs (using local sockets, no tcp).
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