Update.... I got the GNOME problem fixed but I am still stuck w/o TT Fonts. I have done the xfstt --sync and it found 198 fonts as I said before and I added the line
FontPath "unix/:7101" to my XF86Config file and still when I startx, I don't get the true type fonts. I have tried adding the font folder to the xfs config file and that does not work either (though it shouldn't because I did not have X connect to xfs). Now, should I continue to try to get X to connect to the xfstt server or just user the xfs server??? Also as someone pointed out I do not want messages forwarded to me but rather CC'd because I do not have the time to subscribe and wade thru a bunch of messages. Though I might subscribe later and not just squeeze this list for everything it is worth like a 2 dollar hooker... Just kidding.