Re: dexter making assumptions about font server (and screen resol ution)
Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Oct 22, 2000 at 03:45:41PM +0200, Torbjörn Andersson wrote: > > Dexter seems to assume that I am running a local font server, which > > I'm not. > > It doesn't assume you do, it assumes you CAN, which is true. > > > The problem is that as long as my XF86Config-4 contained the > > line > > > > FontPath"unix/:7100" # local font server > > Yes. Read the next line as well. > > > X refused to start. The screen went blank and then nothing happened. > > Commenting out the FontPath line above made it work again. > > I seriously doubt this. If the font server isn't running and there are > other font path elements defined, the X server will try to use them. I've had the same happen on me with 3.3.6-10 on an out-of-the-box potato. For some odd reason the font server (xfs-xtt) crashed and after I logged out, gdm never got around to showing a login dialog. Turned out that the X server kept crashing with a "can't find font fixed" message (well something to that extent). FYI, my XF86Config says amongst other things: Section "Files" RgbPath"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" FontPath "unix/:7100" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" EndSection and I have at least the following fonts packages installed: ii xfonts-75dpi 3.3.6-275 dpi fonts for X ii xfonts-base3.3.6-2standard fonts for X ii xfonts-scalabl 3.3.6-2scalable fonts for X -- Olaf Meeuwissen Epson Kowa Corporation, Research and Development
Re: dexter making assumptions about font server (and screen resol ution)
Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Oct 22, 2000 at 03:45:41PM +0200, Torbjörn Andersson wrote: > > Dexter seems to assume that I am running a local font server, which > > I'm not. > > It doesn't assume you do, it assumes you CAN, which is true. > > > The problem is that as long as my XF86Config-4 contained the > > line > > > > FontPath"unix/:7100" # local font server > > Yes. Read the next line as well. > > > X refused to start. The screen went blank and then nothing happened. > > Commenting out the FontPath line above made it work again. > > I seriously doubt this. If the font server isn't running and there are > other font path elements defined, the X server will try to use them. I've had the same happen on me with 3.3.6-10 on an out-of-the-box potato. For some odd reason the font server (xfs-xtt) crashed and after I logged out, gdm never got around to showing a login dialog. Turned out that the X server kept crashing with a "can't find font fixed" message (well something to that extent). FYI, my XF86Config says amongst other things: Section "Files" RgbPath"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" FontPath "unix/:7100" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" EndSection and I have at least the following fonts packages installed: ii xfonts-75dpi 3.3.6-275 dpi fonts for X ii xfonts-base3.3.6-2standard fonts for X ii xfonts-scalabl 3.3.6-2scalable fonts for X -- Olaf Meeuwissen Epson Kowa Corporation, Research and Development -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: strange looking fonts.
Seth Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Russell, the debian-x mail list (in recent times anyway) is more > intended for developers and ginuea pigs of XF86 4.0. debian-users is > more appropriate. > > What I would imagine to fix your problem is to edit your > /etc/X11/XF86Config file. I bet the 100dpi fonts are listed before the > 75 dpi fonts. If so, swap their order and restart X. You could also just purge the xfonts-100dpi package ;-) > If this doesn't fix it, then perhaps mucking with the X server's idea of > the DPI of the display is the only way to go. -- Olaf Meeuwissen Epson Kowa Corporation, Research and Development
Re: strange looking fonts.
Seth Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Russell, the debian-x mail list (in recent times anyway) is more > intended for developers and ginuea pigs of XF86 4.0. debian-users is > more appropriate. > > What I would imagine to fix your problem is to edit your > /etc/X11/XF86Config file. I bet the 100dpi fonts are listed before the > 75 dpi fonts. If so, swap their order and restart X. You could also just purge the xfonts-100dpi package ;-) > If this doesn't fix it, then perhaps mucking with the X server's idea of > the DPI of the display is the only way to go. -- Olaf Meeuwissen Epson Kowa Corporation, Research and Development -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
