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

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From: Daniel Lyons
Date: Sat, 02 Oct 1999 00:00

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David Vrabel wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 

Thanks, guys... I think I'm beginning to see the uses of xfs.  However,
at this stage, I'm going to say that:

1.  I do not need it for these uses any more than the average Linux user
running Linux at home does, and

2.  xfs is extremely buggy, and may not be worth the trouble.

However, don't let that stop you from using it.  :)  I guess there are
times when it would be useful.

Daniel

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