Three X Window Questions: GDM Fails; Do I Need XFT? What About Defoma?

Long-time Slackware user here now running Gnome on an new Sid machine. All is well, but here are two X Window anoyances that I haven't figured out: 1. GDM fails at boot, dropping into console screen displaying a curses-based dialogue. This dialogue does not display correctly -- all the

Re: Three X Window Questions: GDM Fails; Do I Need XFT? What About Defoma?

Sorry, make that xfs not xft. On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 09:52:03 -0400, billg [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: 2. Do I really need to keep the unix/:7100 fontpath line in XF86Config-4? I understand that XFree86 on Sid doesn't use xft. Is there any reason to install xft on a standalone machine? -- To