X window Troubleshooting

[Arora]

I am unable to start X , when i run startx it gives following error :

Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list!

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

[Ricky]

Its not able find fonts or unable to connect to xfs server.
You can try following..

1. See if xfs server is running, restart if its dead
do

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service xfs restart
then do startx
if did not work then

OR

2. See permissin of /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/fonts.alias and make it sufficient enough to be accessible (use chmod)
If that too not works

OR

then
3.  Edit xorg.conf and there  FontPath "unix:7100"
to
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts"

And let us know.