>Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 10:33:39 -0400 >From: "Stephen J. Carpenter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: xfstt > >On Wed, Jul 08, 1998 at 07:16:45PM +0300, Jaakko Niemi wrote: >> >> I have xfstt font server thing installed and functioning. I was just >> >> wondering if I can have that load on boot. If so which file do I edit. >> >> Check that you have '/etc/init.d/xfstt' and appropriate links pointing in >> /etc/rc*.d . For example 'etc/rc2.d/S20xfstt' where xfstt is started at >> runlevel 2. The number is a priority, for getting things started in right >> order, for example netbase with 18 means it will be started before >> exim with 20. > >Just a note: >as of xfstt 0.9.8-1 the package contains an init.d script and starts >automatically on boot. The current version is in unstable and is >0.9.9 ..it fixes some bugs...a word to the wise tho.... >I had to change some of its defaults to match policy and make things >work. >(ie. it now looks for fonts in /usr/share/fonts/truetype instead of >the ugly /var/ttfonts) You will need to move it yerself (if it finds >a /var/ttfonts you will be warned however) >also... >in that version /etc/init.d/xfstt is not a conffile (oops) that will be >fixed RSN (just one other bug I wanna fix with it) also...watch out >in the next version commingout... >to fix a conflict with xfs I am changing the default port from >7100 to 7101...but thats just what to watch for in the future ;) > >BTW 0.9.9 is also easier on memory allocation and fixes a bug there >-Steve > >-- >/* -- Stephen Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------ */ >A favorite quote from a source I forget: >"Only Microsoft can take an algorithim that has been under years of >public scrutiny and weaken it to the point where the entire key space >can be searched in 3 days" > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
Will there be a more current version of xfstt in Debian 2.0? I have been staying out of slink until I have a better handle on everything. xfstt 0.9.7-1 is the version I am seeing in Hamm today. Thanks, Bill Bell a Linux newbee ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
