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

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From: David Vrabel
Date: Sat, 02 Oct 1999 00:00

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On Fri, 1 Oct 1999, 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.
The X font server (xfs) allows fonts to be rasterized on a remote machine.

If your running clients and server on the same machine it is probably not
worth it.

David Vrabel

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