On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 07:37:27PM +0100, Morten Brix Pedersen wrote: > The default for XFree in Debian is to use a font server. My question is > why? See attachment. -- G. Branden Robinson | Debian GNU/Linux | If encryption is outlawed, only branden@debian.org | outlaws will @goH7Ok=<q4fDj]Kz?. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
From owner-newbie@xfree86.org Fri Dec 28 09:36:21 2001 Return-Path: <owner-newbie@xfree86.org> Delivered-To: branden+debian@deadbeast.net Received: from master.debian.org (master.debian.org [216.234.231.5]) by necrotic.deadbeast.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB9115C04A for <branden+debian@deadbeast.net>; Fri, 28 Dec 2001 09:36:20 -0500 (EST) Received: from xf86.isc.org (public.xfree86.org) [204.152.184.37] by master.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 1 (Debian)) id 16Jy7Q-0004L8-00; Fri, 28 Dec 2001 08:36:20 -0600 Received: from public.XFree86.Org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by public.xfree86.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFDCD27874; Fri, 28 Dec 2001 09:36:11 -0500 (EST) Received: from apocalypse.deadbeast.net (cc551902-b.indnpls1.in.home.com [24.183.211.35]) by public.xfree86.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id fBSEaAa66913 for <newbie@XFree86.Org>; Fri, 28 Dec 2001 06:36:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from branden@deadbeast.net) Received: by apocalypse.deadbeast.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C92764177; Fri, 28 Dec 2001 09:36:03 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 09:36:03 -0500 From: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> To: newbie@XFree86.Org Subject: Re: [Newbie]X font server hangs Message-ID: <20011228143603.GB13340@deadbeast.net> Mail-Followup-To: newbie@XFree86.Org References: <20011228003403.1849.qmail@cpdvg100.netaddress.usa.net> <200112281256.XAA16832@rebel.net.au> <3C2C7C8F.97276DF5@spradley.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="IiVenqGWf+H9Y6IX" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3C2C7C8F.97276DF5@spradley.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.24i Mail-Copies-To: nobody X-No-CC: I subscribe to this list; do not CC me on replies. Sender: owner-newbie@XFree86.Org Errors-To: owner-newbie@XFree86.Org X-BeenThere: newbie@XFree86.Org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta2 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: newbie@XFree86.Org List-Id: Help for newcomers to XFree86 <newbie.XFree86.Org> Status: RO Content-Length: 2366 Lines: 67 --IiVenqGWf+H9Y6IX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 08:07:11AM -0600, Ted Spradley wrote: > Is the font server a relic from the days of small, expensive disks, so > you only need to store the fonts in one place on your network? Or does > it do something else that would be useful? The X server is single-threaded, so the entire X server will hang while rasterizing a font. If you use a font server, this doesn't happen. Admittedly, this is a less serious problem in this age of fast machines. xfs might also be an advantage on a machine with multiple X servers running, centralizing the workload. One X server that needs a fond may find that the work has already been done by xfs on behalf of another X server. Finally xfs may be useful where you have a large and complex font installation at your site and you need to export them to multiple hosts and for some reason (perhaps due to licensing reasons), you can just copy the fonts physically onto the local disk of every X server. > I've never found a clear explanation of *how* to use it, let alone a > hint of *why* or why not to use it. How it works is pretty simple. On the font server side: Install whatever fonts it's supposed to serve. Set up /etc/X11/fs/config (or whatever path works on your box) as described in xfs(1). Run it with an init script. On the X server side: Put a reference to the font server in the "Files" section of the XF86Config file. --=20 G. Branden Robinson | The first thing the communists do Debian GNU/Linux | when they take over a country is to branden@debian.org | outlaw cockfighting. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Oklahoma State Senator John Monks --IiVenqGWf+H9Y6IX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjwsg1MACgkQ6kxmHytGonzc4gCeIS+h6Rn3ixTh2ZhqUdmYNJUW zD4An3A9viL3ykbcrVoOoJRhOYjwG3we =6yT4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --IiVenqGWf+H9Y6IX-- _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list Newbie@XFree86.Org *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
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