ttf do I realy need to re-boot every time ?

[dave selby <dave_arahan@yahoo.co.uk>]

Im using gimp, decided I wanted true type support so did the following ....

installed xfstt
copy ttf fonts to /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ directory
/etc/init.d/xfstt force-reload
It counts the correct number of fonts, all ok so far
modified the /etc/X11/XF86config-4 file, adding FontPath "unix/:7101"
re-booted X server, no new fonts 
re-booted system
xlsfonts | grep ttf
lists all the fonts
Fonts appear in gimp menus, all work AOK

Its the re-booting the system bit ....
Every time i add *.ttf fonts to /usr/share/fonts/truetype/, I xfstt 
force-reload, it counts the correct number including the new ones, HOWEVER 
xlsfonts | grep ttf, and gimp only see the old ones till I do a complete 
re-boot.

I dont think I should need to completely re-boot the system, after all this 
is not windows !!, so I guess I am doing something wrong.

My pet theory is I need to get the X server to re-interigate my font servers, 
and it only does this on bootup to see what fonts are avalible ? 


Any Ideas
Dave