[NTLUG:Discuss] xfs weirdness

[MadHat]

Mark Bickel wrote:
> 
> 
> xfs runs on port 7100 by default. make sure that port is not blocked.
> You may have a file /etc/X11/defaultFontPath. There should be a line:
> 
> tcp/:7100
> 
> at the point in the search path where you want X to look for the server,
> (usually at the top of the file).

What distro are you running.  I am curious because I am running RH6.0
and have no such file on my system.  Is this file included with xfs, or
is it something called by another program to load the data somewhere
else?

> 
> As to why xfs is not started, to learn more you could try:
> 
> strace /usr/X11R6/bin/xfs
> or
> strace '/etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs start'

on this, you don't need the '', as a matter of fact, it will not work
with the '' (at least not with the versions od strace I have used) it
will error out.  strace expects the command and then the commands
arguments without the ''.

strace /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs start

> 
> netstat -a|grep 7100
> 
> should let you see if the service is running.

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