On Sat, Mar 06, 1999 at 04:15:34PM -0800, Joseph Carter wrote: > > Now then, if someone's xfs can't get started completely in the time it > > takes xdm to cycle the X server four times, I suggest they add the locally > > installed fonts (which will be there if they're running xfs anyway) to the > > FontPath, remove the font server from the font path, or use a font server > > on a remote host. > > Not an option in the case of xfstt. X servers don't speak TTF yet > (yet..) But still, I think it's possible to add some delay or re-arrange > things with the runlevels to fix this. Uh, WHAT program exactly is dying so hard because it can't get TTF fonts that it kills the X server? As long as everyday, regular X fonts are available, the X server should be able to start up fine. > Actually it DID fix it on my box amazingly enough. But then, my problem > is just that my system is short on RAM and processor power (and disk > space, video memory, etc, etc, etc) => I won't say that people SHOULDN'T try tweaking the run levels on a per-system basis, just that I don't think I can accomplish anything by changing the defaults; systems are too different. -- G. Branden Robinson | Damnit, we're all going to die; let's Debian GNU/Linux | die doing something *useful*! branden@ecn.purdue.edu | -- Hal Clement, on comments that space cartoon.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ | exploration is dangerous
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