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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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"R.K.Aa" wrote:
> 
> Actually...I've never had a single problem with it - the server as such
> is steady as a rock - once you get it going. And to get it going is a
> configuration matter: The problems people encounter seem to ALL either
> based on wrong port settings or on various misunderstandings about where
> the font-paths should go. I'll grant you one point though.. the
> implementation of settings and not least documentation is too weak. It
> oughta have the fixed font "hardcoded" and allow X to boot into some
> "recovery" mode, accompanied by a help-page, when people screw up. And
> people do...wooohooo.. :)
> 

Alright, after I finish some homework, I'll try to get xfs running.  And
if I do, I'll come back and try to fix some of these problems.

Daniel

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From: Daniel Lyons <fusion@nmt.edu>
Subject: Re: broken X Font server - can no longer boot up
Date: 1999/10/02
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