Dear Micha!
To sort the confusion (and since I've dealt with the same issue before),
here are a couple of comments:
1. The unix/:-1 thing is very simple. unix stands for transport. / has to
preceed the hostname. If the host is local, than the column follows the
slash. And the last part is the number of the port, which for unix
sockets, is -1. So - if You want to use Your font-server's resources -
first check which transport/port does it serve on. And than add it to the
fontpath.
2. A font directory is quite tricky. It needs to have a fonts.dir file.
For Type1 & Type2 fonts, run: `mkfontdir > fonts.dir`
For True-type fonts, run: `mkfontdir > fonts.scale`
The next step is to generate the encoding for the fonts. Well - in short,
it is a list of all encodings support by each font. To generate it You
need to know where the encoding control files are locate. Usually it is
in:
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/encodings
and
usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/encodings/large
Well - it is usual for X11 v4+, but it may be different someplace else.
You may also want to use alternative and additional encodings (??? Well,
it may well be - after all, this is linux!). So - to generate the encoding
listing, run mkfontdir in the following manner:
`mkfontdir -e [encoding directory 1] -e [encoding directory 2] ...` until
You run out of encoding dirs.
After You're through with this, fonts are "loadable" (suposably).
3. Font-server configuration is located someplace on the disk. Finding
this location is quite easy - look in Your xfs startup file. The default
location may be found through "man xfs".
Once You have stumbled upon xfs config file, add the paths that You've
added and made ready (proccess 2) and... Well - first, shut down Your X11
server. (BTW: if You have it loaded on startup, look for the instructions
below). Than restart Your xfs. Start X11 again and run xfontsel - a
program that allows You to review all Your fonts. If You found the new
fonts there - fine. If You havn't, that means something went wrong.
4. XF86Config
The default path for it is /etc/X11/. But, it may be someplace else. The
true location of the XF86Config file may be learned by different means,
but if You ran out of all of them, there is a rather simple way of finding
that out. Rename /etc/X11/XF86Config (or any other "suspect") to, let's
say, /etc/X11/FX86Config.hidden and try to start (restart) X11. If the X11
goes bananas (i.e. refuses to start) - than You've got the right one. Well
- this is a brutal yet efficient way of locating configuration files...
Unless we're talking about production server or services that are vinal
for machine's life...:)
5. You've configured X11 to start upon system startup and it won't
shutdown. Besides some very brutal ways there is a bit more civilized way
to stop the loading of X11 upon system startup. In Your inittab
(/etc/inittab) there is a line that ensures that X11 runs. It usually
refers to /etc/X11/prefdm but it may refer to another place as well.
Commenting out this line, saving the file and restarting the machine (btw:
You have to be root in order to do all that) would do the trick.
Uncommenting this line and restarting the machine again would undo this
trick. Whilest configuring font-paths and other tweaks You can always
manually start an X11 session by running startx. Again - this is not a way
for a production machine or a server... But if You intend to run X11
server on a production machine, than, well... I hope You won't, that's
all.
6. xset solutions
If You do not wish or feel unable to engage in a long and complex journey
into the land of X11 configuration, You can simply setup an xset sequence
upon session startup - just for Your private pleasure. If You're using
GNOME or KDE, You even have a very pleasant, GUI accomplished way of doing
so. Again - the font-directory part has to be done anyways.
On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, Micha Feigin wrote:
> Hello
>
> i am running mandrake, I am not sure what version, one of the latest. I
> tried to set the fontpath under XF86config, but the fonts in the font
> directories don't load. When I use xset fp+ ... and xset fp rehash the fonts
> load ok.
> There is a comment in XF86config saying that mandrake no longer uses the x
> font server by default and one of the options is unix:-1 or something like
> that (the unix and -1 are there I don't remember the syntax exactly).
> How do I make the fonts load automaticaly?
>
> Micha Feigin
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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