[NTLUG:Discuss] xfs weirdness

[Mark Bickel]

> From: MadHat <madhat at unspecific.com>
> To: discuss at ntlug.org
> Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] xfs weirdness
 
> 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?

Caldera OpenLinux 2.3 here at work.
Its an X thing, not an xfs thing.
My example may not have been the best.

tcp/localhost:7100  (if using local xserver)
tcp/xfserver.myorg.net:7100 (an example of using a remote X font server)
tcp/192.168.10.24:7100 (another entry example)

alternately, one may only have FontPath directives in /etc/XF86Config
where again one can point to an X font server.

> > 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 of 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

Oops! Right you are! 

Mark.Bickel at ericsson.com