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

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From: Daniel Lyons
Date: Sun, 03 Oct 1999 00:00

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Hal Burgiss wrote:
> 
> Wasn't it hanging? You can try putting '#!/bin/sh -x` (note the -x) as
> first line in init.d/xfs. This should show each line as it is processed
> and may give clue to what line is causing a problem. Also, this is
> runlevel 5 right? At what point in init is this getting started? Look at
> /etc/rc.d/rc5.d to see. Perhaps it is getting started too early.

yes, I think that may have been part of the problem.  It's being started
way in advance of X, and I think you're supposed to start it right
before X, right?

> As a work around, you could put it in rc.local, to avoid typing it
> manually.
I figure I'll get around to that in a little while.

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From: Daniel Lyons <fusion@nmt.edu>
Subject: Re: broken X Font server - can no longer boot up
Date: 1999/10/03
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