Thanks! That was clear, and very helpful. Branden Robinson wrote: > > 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. > > -- > G. Branden Robinson | The first thing the communists do > Debian GNU/Linux | when they take over a country is to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | outlaw cockfighting. > http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Oklahoma State Senator John Monks > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Part 1.2Type: application/pgp-signature
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