Where do I put Xfstt & to start the TTF font server automatically? sbin/init.d/boot.local? What about xset fp unix/:7101? This cannot be started as root, and must be started after X. So where? thanks fx -- ______________________ Courtesy of SuSE Linux Kernel 2.2.14 (but who cares?) Where do I put Xfstt & to start the TTF font server automatically? sbin/init.d/boot.local? What about xset fp unix/:7101? This cannot be started as root, and must be started after X. So where? thanks fx -- ______________________ Courtesy of SuSE Linux Kernel 2.2.14 (but who cares?)
fx Fraipont wrote:
Where do I put Xfstt & to start the TTF font server automatically? sbin/init.d/boot.local?
That is where mine is.
What about xset fp unix/:7101? This cannot be started as root, and must be started after X. So where?
I thought you only needed to do that once to test things. Nick -- -------------------------------------------------- Nick Zentena "Microsoft has unjustifiably jeopardized the stability and security of the operating system." U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson Nov 5/1999 -------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
I put xfstt & in /etc/rc.d/boot.local and xset fp+ unix/:7101 in /my_home_dir/.xinitrc Seems to work. On Sun, 23 Jan 2000, fx Fraipont wrote:
Where do I put Xfstt & to start the TTF font server automatically? sbin/init.d/boot.local? What about xset fp unix/:7101? This cannot be started as root, and must be started after X. So where?
thanks
fx
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Kenneth Kellum wrote:
I put xfstt & in /etc/rc.d/boot.local and
xset fp+ unix/:7101 in /my_home_dir/.xinitrc
The disadvantage of doing that is that it forces the TrueType fonts to come after all the others in the search order, which might not be what you want. Better to put the unix fontpath within /etc/XF86Config. I like having it after the unscaled fonts. Paul Abrahams -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
fx Fraipont wrote:
Where do I put Xfstt & to start the TTF font server automatically? sbin/init.d/boot.local? What about xset fp unix/:7101? This cannot be started as root, and must be started after X. So where?
I can't speak for xfstt with certainty but I assume the procedure is the same as for xfs: 1. The best place to start it is, as you surmised, /sbin/init.d/boot.local. Be sure to provide the full pathname in the call. Also, it's a good idea to echo a ``Starting xfstt'' message. 2. The writeups are confusing about this xset business. The xset command affects only the current invocation of X. What you want to do is to put ``unix/:7101'' within the FontPaths in /etc/XF86Config. The best place is after the unscaled fonts. By the way, XFree86 version 4.0 will have built-in TrueType support, I'm told by the author of xfsft. Hooray! Paul Abrahams -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
"Paul W. Abrahams" wrote:
fx Fraipont wrote:
Where do I put Xfstt & to start the TTF font server automatically? sbin/init.d/boot.local? What about xset fp unix/:7101? This cannot be started as root, and must be started after X. So where?
I can't speak for xfstt with certainty but I assume the procedure is the same as for xfs:
1. The best place to start it is, as you surmised, /sbin/init.d/boot.local. Be sure to provide the full pathname in the call. Also, it's a good idea to echo a ``Starting xfstt'' message.
I use a script in /sbin/init.d to start xfsft. It's symlinked from ../rc3.d But that's a philisophical question. ;-))
2. The writeups are confusing about this xset business. The xset command affects only the current invocation of X. What you want to do is to put ``unix/:7101'' within the FontPaths in /etc/XF86Config. The best place is after the unscaled fonts.
like: Section "Files" RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled" FontPath "unix/localhost:7101" ...
By the way, XFree86 version 4.0 will have built-in TrueType support, I'm told by the author of xfsft. Hooray!
yes. This will be xfxft, since it's capable to serve all other fonts as well. This means only the fontpath "tcp/localhost:7100" entry and put the other fonts into xfsft's config file. Havn't tried that yet.
Paul Abrahams
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