On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 14:53:35 +0000, Ben Measures wrote:

> Andrew Walker wrote:
>> I get an error on boot about the x font server missing. Everything else
>> seems to work ok so it it actually necessary at all? Can I just remove xfs
>> from with rc-update, and can you explain to me in plain English what it
>> actually does?
>
> The X Font Server supplies fonts to X display servers. In XFree86 3.x it
> was the only way (afaik) to display TTF fonts. Since XFree86 4.x it's
> generally not needed unless you want to supply a network with a common
> set of fonts.
>
> It's safe to remove xfs from startup, just make sure you have all the
> font dirs listed in your xorg.conf .
>
> Hth,

Perhaps related, but recently I did emerge -puDv --newuse world and
xorg-x11 came up with -font-server*. Since X is big, I decided not to
recompile it. Two questions. What changed the use variable? I do not
recall installing or uninstalling anything font-related manually. What if
I DID re-emerge it? Everything seems to work now.

Thx