On Tuesday, July 15, 2003 7:13 pm, Christian Convey wrote:
I've got Mandrake 9.1 installed, and it's time for me to replace the installed version of xf86 4.3, with a newer build from xf86's CVS tree.
Cool. Is there a specific reason why you're upgrading, or do you just want to see what has changed since 27 February 2003?
No, I'm just trying to work through some display problems on my new Toshiba P25 laptop (1440x900 lcd, nVidia 5200 Go chip).
Mark Vojkovich is working with me (on a thread in this list) to get through the issues, and he asked me to grab the newest code from CVS to see if that helps.
I had some trouble with the process, so could someone familiar with Mandrake 9.1 verify that I'm doing it right?
step 1. build xf86's 'xc' package ("make World") step 2. put its code into /usr/X11R6 ("make install") step 3. reboot (the only way this newbie knows how to restart x)
Problem is, when I do this I get crashes in the x server. (Stack trace suggests its related to not finding the font server.)
Stack trace? You mean log file, right?
No, I mean stack trace. As in, I build XFree86 in debug mode, and when it crashes (actually producing a core dump), I use gdb to get a symbolic stack dump.
"font server"? Be sure xfs is running. (xfs = X Font Server)
Personally, I don't use xfs since I don't see a reason to serve fonts to myself when I can just as easily configure XFree86 to internally grab them from disk. To do this, adjust your /etc/X11/XF86Config file to contain FontPath entries for all the font directories you have:
Section "Files" [...] FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/" EndSection
Something like this... but be sure to only list directories you really have, or else you'll get warnings every time you start X. Do "ls /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/" to get a list. List 100dpi before 75dpi if you like bigger fonts.
You can keep the unix/:7100 line if you want. Put it near the top of the list if you want the other directories to be used as fallbacks in case xfs dies or doesn't start correctly (something we see very often with Red Hat and friends).
Thanks, this might simpify the issue for me.
Your system might use /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 instead. The -4 version takes precedence, if it exists.
Yeah, I'm using it, thanks.
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