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Hi,
I am using Mandrake linux-10.2.When i reboot the kernel it is not going to X window system,it remains in the text mode only. I tried with startx afterwards, when i did startx this is what i was able to see and it returned to text mode.Does anybody know the solution to this problem??

This is what error is saying.
Using vt 7
(EE) R128(0): No DFP detected
Could not init font path element unix/:-1, removing from list!

After i did startx:
X Window System Version 6.8.2
Release Date: 9 February 2005
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.2
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.10-3mdksmp i686 [ELF]
Current Operating System: Linux localhost 2.6.11 #1 Tue Mar 28 06:42:01 EST 2006 i686
Build Date: 06 April 2005
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to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue Sep 26 16:36:42 2006
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"

Using vt 7
(EE) R128(0): No DFP detected
Could not init font path element unix/:-1, removing from list!

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

Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.X.Org
for help.
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.

XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.\


Where i have gone wrong??
Thanks,
Sriram

ctrl+alt+F1, F2, F3 is used to switch between GUI and command line mode.

try ctrl+alt+F10.

Was X11 ever working? You may need to configure it before you use it.

If you just need to get it to start automatically, you'll need to enable it with chkconfig or something, it depends on what mandrake's init system is.

mandrake 10 is pretty old. They don't even call that distro mandrake anymore, they've become mandiva.

I think this is key:

Seems like your XOrg is trying to load fonts from xfs (exclusively, perhaps), but probably your xfs is not running or has other problems so no font can be loaded. Check xfs, and then xorg.conf.