Re: gnumeric, rxvt hang because of fontpath
briand@zipcon.net wrote:
> I have the following fontpath set-up :
>
> Section "Files"
> # breaks rxvt & gnumeric !?
> # FontPath "unix/:7100"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
> # FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
> # FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
> EndSection
>
> If I leave the unix/:7100 in then both gnumeric and rxvt will hang.
> Has anyone seen something like this. Or even better does anyone know
> what's wrong :-)
>
> I've straces the programs and they both hang on a select command. I
> haven't figured out the resource they are trying to access, but
> obviously it's font-related in someway.
It's presumably looking for an X font server, which I guess you don't
have. If you are running XFree86 4.x, you don't need one unless you
plan to have other machines getting fonts from this one.
If you want to set up a font server, install xfs.
Craig
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