On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 10:45:15AM -0500, Andy Hurt wrote: > Rob Weir wrote: > >On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 07:44:41PM -0500, Andy Hurt wrote: > > > >>Cam Ellison wrote: > >> > >>>Are you saying that you now have _two_ Files sections? > >> > >>Yup. startx, etc. without a hiccup. > >> > >>XFree86 wouldn't let me start until I bracketed those two FontPath > >>lines--the Section/EndSection seemed logical, and is just the first thing > >>I tried ;-/ > > > >That's odd. Here's my Files Section from my XF86Config-4: > >Section "Files" > > FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType" > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype" > > FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/gs.d/dirs/fonts" > > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc" > > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" > > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled" > > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled" > > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" > > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo" > > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" > > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" > >EndSection > > > >Works great for me... > > This is good. > > But, I'm concerned about the lines: > > # If you want your changes to this file preserved by dexconf, only make > changes > # before the "### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION" line above, and/or after the > # "### END DEBCONF SECTION" line below. > > Am I misinterpreting the warning? I manage XF86Config-4 with debconf. > > I know the file almost by heart, but seem to remember Branden warning about > making changes between those lines . . . . Yes, it will nuke your changes next time debconf has a go at it. I think it's safe to add another section outside the lines (which is probably what you meant in the first place /me slaps self), but it's been a long time since I let debconf play with my XF86Config-4. -- Rob Weir <rweir@ertius.org> http://ertius.org/
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