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Re: checking that xfs is working



Rick Hawkins wrote:
> 
> I may be asking the wrong questino here :)

Well, I may be the wrong person to answer, but I've tackled these
same problems recently, so I feel I can help.  8)

If I've stated something wrong, please, someone correct me.

> Before I reinstalled this
> week, xfs was always running.  After reinstall, it isn't.  But then, i
> also had xfree3.3 then, as well. I'm wondering if xfs *should* be
> running under a default setup.  If it should, i need to fix, preferably
> to debian default.  If not, it would seem that I need to make the
> adjustments to handle it (ulp :).

My understanding is that xfs is not run by default on Debian.
Although that is an assumption based on it not being started by
default on any debian machine I've setup recently.

You can have it started automatcally on a Debian system by
adding "start-xfs" to /etc/X11/config.  You must restart the
x server to have this take effect or run "/etc/init.d/xfs start".

> if I telnet to another machine, and launch an xapp on my display,
> shouldn't it be using the local font server, if any, unless told
> otherwise?

X needs to know where to find fonts.  It does this by looking at
it's fontpath.  The fontpath is setup in /etc/X11/XF86Config
in the Section "Files".  A font server is not one of these defaults
on a Debian system.

You see, you can have the local X server read the fonts itself
(from /usr/lib/X11/fonts/*) or have it talk to a fontserver.  Debian
defaults to having most font packages add themselves to the fontpath
in /etc/X11/XF86Config instead of using xfs.  On most stand-alone
machines, xfs is overkill, as far as I can tell.

Here where I work, we have several machines that have the 75dpi
and misc fonts installed locally and get the rest from a font server.
It seems to work quite well.

I hope this helps.

Behan

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