Re: embed the fixed font in the X server binary
TV To the point: wouldn't it be benecifial to embed the fixed font in the X TV server binary itself? Definitely (and the cursor font too). The TinyX (KDrive) server already does that. Unfortunately, it is not possible to use the KDrive built-in fonts code in the XFree86 server, as it pulls in quite a lot of stuff which shouldn't be in the core server (including the fontdir code, the PCF parser and libz). I've been planning to do a clean implementation of built-in fonts for quite some time, but as usual Real Work is keeping me distracted. Juliusz ___ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
Re: embed the fixed font in the X server binary
DD Of course once this is done, the problem reports will change to My X DD apps can't find the fonts they need, or Why is everything is using DD the same ugly font? ;-) ___ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
embed the fixed font in the X server binary
The dreaded Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' - can happen at the least expected times. This happened to a collegue when upgrading packages on his fedora installation, and for some reason the font server wasn't starting. I had to help him remotely, relaying commands through the telephone, since ssh into his machine was not working either. To the point: wouldn't it be benecifial to embed the fixed font in the X server binary itself? It would harden the x server tremendously in case of system failures. On my system the fixed font, which is really the 6x13-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz is 4366 bytes big. -- Torgeir Veimo [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
Re: embed the fixed font in the X server binary
Torgeir Veimo wrote: The dreaded Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' - can happen at the least expected times. To the point: wouldn't it be benecifial to embed the fixed font in the X server binary itself? It would harden the x server tremendously in case of system failures. On my system the fixed font, which is really the 6x13-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz is 4366 bytes big. No need. Fonts could be specified via FontPath in the XF86Config file, so as not to solely depend on the font server (xfs in this case). I believe someone has suggested this idea as a change in default configuration recommended. E.g. Section Files [...] FontPath unix/:7100 FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc EndSection ___ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
Re: embed the fixed font in the X server binary
On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 12:39:37PM +, Torgeir Veimo wrote: The dreaded Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' - can happen at the least expected times. This happened to a collegue when upgrading packages on his fedora installation, and for some reason the font server wasn't starting. I had to help him remotely, relaying commands through the telephone, since ssh into his machine was not working either. To the point: wouldn't it be benecifial to embed the fixed font in the X server binary itself? It would harden the x server tremendously in case of system failures. On my system the fixed font, which is really the 6x13-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz is 4366 bytes big. I've suggested doing something like this. There is code in the XFree86 tree for a built-ins font path, and to be useful it could be implicitly appended to the font path as a fallback. There are some complications in bringing this in quickly because of its dependence on the bitmap font module, and I think it is worth following up post-4.4. Of course once this is done, the problem reports will change to My X apps can't find the fonts they need, or Why is everything is using the same ugly font? David -- David Dawes developer/release engineer The XFree86 Project www.XFree86.org/~dawes ___ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
Re: embed the fixed font in the X server binary
On Tue, 2004-01-06 at 19:06, Mark Vojkovich wrote: On Tue, 6 Jan 2004, Michael Taylor wrote: Torgeir Veimo wrote: The dreaded Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' - can happen at the least expected times. To the point: wouldn't it be benecifial to embed the fixed font in the X server binary itself? It would harden the x server tremendously in case of system failures. On my system the fixed font, which is really the 6x13-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz is 4366 bytes big. No need. Fonts could be specified via FontPath in the XF86Config file, so as not to solely depend on the font server (xfs in this case). I believe someone has suggested this idea as a change in default configuration recommended. E.g. Section Files [...] FontPath unix/:7100 FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc EndSection Yes. Also, you don't want to put fixed in the server because the question is which fixed font do you use. Some people want small fonts, some people want unicode. This fixed font problem is strictly a configuration issue and one that should get fixed by the configuration programs. Besides, embedding the fixed font isn't going to make the bug reports go away. Think of how ugly the desktop is going to look. Yes, but is fixed actually used for anything else than a last resort font these days? You can still use the real font specification to get it in any other size or encoding. -- Torgeir Veimo [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
