On Tue, 15 Jul 2003, David Dawes wrote:
> Has anyone investigated the root cause of why there is no fixed font in
> the first place -- like why the font server isn't running? Was it never
> started (a vendor-specific configuration problem), or did it crash (a
> robustness problem with xfs)?
>
That's a good question. I always assumed it was a configuration
problem since all the reports came from specific versions of
Red Hat.
Regardless, I think there is a fundamental robustness
problem with the configuration used by these vendors. There
is no reason to not have BOTH a font server and explicit
font paths in the XF86Config. That way the X-server still
runs if there isn't a font server, but if the font server
is listed first, it will get used by default if it is
running.
Mark.
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