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?
> 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?
"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).
Your system might use /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 instead. The -4 version takes
precedence, if it exists.
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