On Sun, 28 Feb 1999, James E. Starr wrote: > Thanks for all the help given so far, however, after following all > advise and puting FontPath "unix/:7101" as the last line in my > XF86Config file, I tried to run the test, as per the FAQ.gz. > I got as far as "xfstt &" but I received the error msg "cannot open > TCPIP port 7101, better try > another port." Isn't 7101 the port X runs on? If so, why wou't it > open? Do I need to configure something i've missed?
If you've installed xfstt as a package, then it was started when you booted your machine. You don't need to start it manually. It's complaining about not being able to open port 7101 because another copy of xfstt already has it open! 7101 isn't the port X runs on, but the default port for xfstt.
