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 Is the xfont server necessary? 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? Many thanks      |
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02-21-2008, 09:41 AM
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| Re: Is the xfont server necessary? 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, -- Ben M. |
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02-21-2008, 09:42 AM
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| Re: Is the xfont server necessary? 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 |
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