cannot startx anymore

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From: Aaron
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 00:00

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I can no longer run startx on my machine.  does anybody know how to
interpret the following error?
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VGA: chipset:  RIVATNT
(--) SVGA: videoram: 16256k
(**) SVGA: Option "dac_8_bit"
(**) SVGA: Using 32 bpp, Depth 24, Color weight: 888
(--) SVGA: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 250.000 MHz
(**) SVGA: Mode "1024x768": mode clock =  75.000
(--) SVGA: Virtual resolution set to 1024x768
(--) SVGA: RIVATNT: Using hardware cursor
(--) SVGA: Using XAA (XFree86 Acceleration Architecture)
(--) SVGA: XAA: Solid filled rectangles
(--) SVGA: XAA: Screen-to-screen copy
(--) SVGA: XAA: Using 8 128x64 areas for pixmap caching
(--) SVGA: XAA: Caching tiles and non-transparent stipples
(--) SVGA: XAA: Horizontal and vertical lines and segments
_FontTransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
failed to set default font path 'unix/:-1'
Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'

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X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
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From: "Aaron" <icelava@bigfoot.com>
Subject: cannot startx anymore
Date: 1999/08/26
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