Re: Cannot use TrueType fonts (xfstt)

[Hall Stevenson <hallstevenson@mindspring.com>]

* Richard Cobbe (cobbe@directlink.net) [001226 15:45]:
> > > Did you add xfstt to your X server's font path?  In /etc/X11/XF86Config,
> > > section "Files", the following line should work for the default setup:
> > > 
> > >     FontPath   "unix/:7101"
> > > 
> > > See also /usr/doc/xfstt/FAQ.gz, esp question 1.2.
> > 
> > I've tried adding the following:
> > 
> > FontPath      "unix/:7101"            # truetype font server
> > FontPath      "tcp/127.0.0.1:7101"    
> > FontPath      "inet/127.0.0.1:7101"
> > 
> > all seperately (with two of the three commented out each try....). Using
> > the "inetc/127.0.0.1..." line *does* cause TT fonts to work, but various
> > windows take *too* long to open up. Mutt, for example, opens up almost
> > instantly in it's normal Eterm window, but no text shows up for at least
> > 15 seconds (if not longer).
> 
> What error message do you get off the "unix:/7101" entry?  (This should be
> written to the terminal from which you start X.)

According to /var/log/XFree86.0.log, *none* ;-). Everything works, just very, very slowly...

Also affected are (3) "epplets" that I have running under Enlightenment.

Hall