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Re: broken X Font server - can no longer boot up

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From: Mohd H Misnan
Date: Sat, 02 Oct 1999 00:00
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On Fri, 01 Oct 1999 14:03:50 -0600, Daniel Lyons wrote:
>"R.K.Aa" wrote:
>> 
>> Compiling XFree on your own on a RH6 system isn't a good idea unless you
>> know what you're doing.
>> Upgrade XFree86 stuff from RedHat instead and all will be well - the
>> "patch" is already there - you can try downloading at least the xfs rpm
>> and upgrade.
>> See the errata page.
>> 
>> K.
>
>well, I'd still like to know what's so great about XFS that it's worth
>this trouble.

With xfs, I can have true type fonts available to my X apps. Now I don't have
problem sharing my document files from Windoze to Linux. It has much much more
to offer. 

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From: mhmsys@pc.jaring.donotspam.my (Mohd H Misnan)
Subject: Re: broken X Font server - can no longer boot up
Date: 1999/10/02
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