On Thu, Aug 27, 1998 at 01:07:56AM -0500, Michael Shuey wrote: > > Well my FULL debian sparc system has xbase and xsun installed and..works > > fine with NO XF86Config file...and if I try to make one with xf86config > > it fails :( > > This is because Xsun is not technically a part of XFree86. It's generated by > the X Consortium's release of X. XFree just happens to include that source, > or at least the source of the last publically released version, so it is > possible to patch the code to make Xsun work with Linux/Sparc. Because of > this programs like xf86config (and xvidtune, XF86Setup, etc.) do not apply. > They only apply to XFree86, not to Xsun (or Xsgi, or any other servers that > can be built with that source). AHHHH that explains it :) > > How can I tell it NOT to use the local fontpaths compiled in and > > to use "inet/10.0.0.42:7100" > > (then eventually ::fingers crossed:: 7101 if I can get xfstt hacked up to u= > > se > > the proper endianess) > > RTFM :-) The Xsun man page (or the X man page, one of the two) documents the > command line option. Yes, your font path will be a command line option to the > X server. -fp 'tcp/10.0.0.42:7100' should do it, I think. > The trick now becomes getting the X server to recognize these options. If > you're starting your X server with startx, that's easy; use Nope no startx... X -query <host> right from /etc/inittab (in fact...no gettys running at all ;) JUST that ;) ) The current doc (updated 2 mins ago....before I read this...will add this tomorow night) is at: http://people.delphi.com/sjc/linux/poor.html this shoudl be the last bit of info I need to get the process working on the Sparc.... then i can work on adding the new features I had discussed with some people! > `startx -- -fp 'tcp/10.0.0.42:7100'` or some such thing. If you're using xdm > things are a bit harder. You'll need to edit /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers (xdm uses > that file to get a list of what X servers to run). Look for a line like > ':0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X' or ':0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/Xsun'; that's the line > that tells xdm to start an X server on the local display. Add the command > line option there, making it something like this: > :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X -fp 'tcp/10.0.0.42:7100' well no xdm ;) trying to do this with as small a filesystem footprint as possible...no xbase installed! -Steve -- /* -- Stephen Carpenter <sjc@delphi.com> --- <sjc@debian.org>------------ */ E-mail "Bumper Stickers": "A FREE America or a Drug-Free America: You can't have both!" "honk if you Love Linux"
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