On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 08:18:58AM +0100, Peter Whysall wrote: > On Thu, 2002-05-02 at 07:22, Lars Jensen wrote: > > The problem seemed to be that xfs, the X fonts server, was installed. xfs > > apparently isn't needed when running XFree4?! > > That's true. If you load the freetype and type1 modules, and have the > appropriate FontPath entries in XF86Config-4, you can do without xfs. > > However, if you do use xfs, you can dink around with your fonts without > having to restart X itself - you only need to restart the X font server. > I use xfs for this reason. Actually, you can (allegedly) change the font path for an already-running server via xset, without restarting it. > Can anyone comment on whether using xfs incurs a performance penalty? I > can't say I've noticed. xfs is handy for getting fonts from a remote machine (i.e. they need not be installed locally). If all your fonts are local, then it will undoubtedly be faster not using xfs. As for *how much* faster... YMMV -- Karl E. Jørgensen karl@jorgensen.com www.karl.jorgensen.com ==== Today's fortune: Understanding is always the understanding of a smaller problem in relation to a bigger problem. -- P.D. Ouspensky
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