Chris Large
Dec 29 19:27:33 linux kdm[1970]: IO Error in XOpenDisplay Dec 29 19:27:33 linux kdm[1871]: Display :0 cannot be opened
See /var/log/XFree86.0.log for more information.
I think the problem is that i have lost the fonts in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ so how do i put them back?
Reinstall the package which contains them (xf86-4.2.0-*.rpm in SuSE 8.1). You may check the installed package via $ rpm --verify xf86-4.2.0-176 .M...... /usr/X11R6/bin/dga .M...... /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm SM5....T /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/encodings.dir .M5....T /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/fonts.dir SM5....T /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/encodings/encodings.dir SM5....T /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/encodings/large/encodings.dir .......T /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/fonts.dir SM5....T /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/encodings.dir SM5....T /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/fonts.dir ..?..... /usr/bin/keygen missing /var/lib/xdm/authdir/authfiles It's from my system, your output may be different. -- Alexandr.Malusek@imv.liu.se