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Re: XFS XFree86 3.3.3



Well, I can cross this off my list of "Things that don't work."
Although, with potato(e?) I had to change the 7101 to 7100.
Thanks for posting this, Pat.

John

Patrick Colbeck wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> Well I figured this out eventually. Just in case anyone else is having
> problems with this here is how it works.
> 
> xfs will start automatically. You should remove all references to the
> actual fontapths in XF86Config and replace them with this
> 
>  FontPath   "unix/:7100"
> 
> The actual fontpaths are set ine /etc/X11/xfs/config
> 
> If you want trutype support as well then you need also to referen
> xfstt in XF86Config like this
> 
>  FontPath   "unix/:7100,unix/:7101"
> 
> Then copy your truetype fonts to /usr/share/fonts/truetype.
> 
> Perhaps this should be in an FAQ somewhere as xfs and xftt are started
> automatically but its very unclear how to use them. Also an XF86Config
> generated by XF86Setup does not reference xfs. The info is their but
> spread through several readmes and man pages.
> 
> Maybe the documentation will be better in Potatoe, but my system is
> just Slink with only XFree86 upgraded.
> 
> Pat
> 
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