Re: kde3, xinerama, and xfs (x font server)
On Friday 04 October 2002 04:57, Rupa Schomaker wrote:
> Problem: Dual Head setup using Xinerama.
>
> Additional system specs:
>
> Dell Precision 420
> Dual P3 1Ghz
> 1G Ram
> ATI Radeon 7500 (2x 1600x1200)
>
> So, I upgrade to kde3.0.3 using the kd3.org link and restart kdm.
> When I login, things seem to start up but the kicker quickly stops
> responding (locks up).
>
> If I remove my .kde dir the preferences window that starts the first
> time exhibits the same behavior.
>
> Some searching on google found a message about disabling xfs to work
> around it. Sure enough, commenting out the option in the X config
> file allows me to use kde but now my fonts are not what they were
> (Emacs uses a wider font, Mozilla doens't "feel right").
>
> Thoughts?
You can add your font path to the Xserver configuration file, there is no
special need for the xfs.
I think, that you miss the MS Web TrueType Fonts (msttcorefonts). So add the
following to the "Files" section:
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType"
Sebastian
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