Re: xfstt

["Bill Bell" <whbell@hotmail.com>]

>Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 10:33:39 -0400
>From: "Stephen J. Carpenter" <sjc@debian.org>
>To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>Subject: Re: xfstt
>
>On Wed, Jul 08, 1998 at 07:16:45PM +0300, Jaakko Niemi wrote:
>> >> I have xfstt font server thing installed and functioning. I was 
just 
>> >> wondering if I can have that load on boot. If so which file do I 
edit.
>> 
>>  Check that you have '/etc/init.d/xfstt' and appropriate links 
pointing in
>>  /etc/rc*.d . For example 'etc/rc2.d/S20xfstt' where xfstt is started 
at 
>>  runlevel 2. The number is a priority, for getting things started in 
right
>>  order, for example netbase with 18 means it will be started before 
>>  exim with 20. 
>
>Just a note:
>as of xfstt 0.9.8-1 the package contains an init.d script and starts
>automatically on boot. The current version is in unstable and is
>0.9.9 ..it fixes some bugs...a word to the wise tho....
>I had to change some of its defaults to match policy and make things
>work.
>(ie. it now looks for fonts in /usr/share/fonts/truetype instead of
>the ugly /var/ttfonts) You will need to move it yerself (if it finds
>a /var/ttfonts you will be warned however)
>also...
>in that version /etc/init.d/xfstt is not a conffile (oops) that will be
>fixed RSN (just one other bug I wanna fix with it) also...watch out
>in the next version commingout...
>to fix a conflict with xfs I am changing the default port from
>7100 to 7101...but thats just what to watch for in the future ;)
>
>BTW 0.9.9 is also easier on memory allocation and fixes a bug there
>-Steve
>
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Will there be a more current version of xfstt in Debian 2.0?  I have 
been staying out of slink until I have a better handle on everything.  
xfstt 0.9.7-1 is the version I am seeing in Hamm today.

Thanks,
Bill Bell
a Linux newbee



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