On Sat, 2007-04-07 at 17:39 -0400, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Sat, 2007-04-07 at 13:03 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Greg Folkert wrote:: > > > On Sat, 2007-04-07 at 10:39 -0700, Terrence Branscombe wrote: > > > > > >> Yesterday, I took the leap and upgraded from Sarge to Etch by following > > >> the Etch release notes as best I could. The upgrade appeared to work > > >> very well, but for some font problems. I'm very new to debian and > > >> linux, so may have made some poor decisions during the upgrade. > > >> > > >> The xfs font server I had running in Sarge now refuses to run and the > > >> log file is empty. > > >> > > >> I made sure my "Files" list in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file matched the > > >> list in the /etc/X11/fs/config file and my /etc/X11/fs/config file is > > >> set to send errors to the /var/log/xfs.log file. Beyond that I'm not > > >> sure what else I can do to troubleshoot this. > > >> > > >> Any help would be appreciated, > > >> > > > > > > At this point, the font server is not needed anymore. As long as you > > > have fontconfig and the set of fonts by default. > > > > > > dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg > > > > > > Then restart "X", as long you have the files list in the config (which > > > the defaults are very good) it works. > > > > > Since I only connect to my Debian system through remote X sessions, I > > can configure the X server (Cygwin) to use its own font path; it was > > simply easier to get the Debian host to supply the fonts and be assured > > that the fonts would be available. > > > > Now that my (remote) X server is no longer crashing because it can't > > find the xfs server, another problem with the upgrade has cropped up. > > The XDM login widget fails to appear, but nothing shows up in the > > /var/log/xdm.log file. To me, that points to the Xstartup script, but I > > haven't touched it. > > Sure, you can still run the fontserver if you want. Just the Debian > machine doesn't need it and you should not configure it to use it, > unless you REALLY want to. > > First off you will need to purge the old version off > "apt-get remove --purge xfs" or > "aptitude purge xfs" > > This should clear out some of the older deps on it(if any). Seeing as it > was XF86 xfs font server, its no wonder it doesn't run, things are just > plain missing and have been moved around drastically. > > Then, once we get back, the prompt: > "apt-get install xfs" or > "aptitude install xfs" > > Then you will need to modify the config, commenting out: > no-listen = tcp > to > #no-listen = tcp > > Then perform a "/etc/init.d/xfs restart" > > Once done, "netstat -na | grep 7100" will verify it is listening. > > TO be sure, this does open up your machine to a possible Dos, unless you > are behind a proper firewall or are tunneling, etc... > > Hope this helps.
Of course, I completely missed the XDM problem. I'll bet the OLD stuff is still hanging around. I don't use XDM, but I do use GDM. Since most pieces of Xorg are modular, so is XDM. I'd do a "apt-get install --reinstall xdm" Or possibly (if you have another Display Manager) choose to use the other display manager temporarily and then purge "xdm" and then reinstall it. I am surprised this has happened. -- greg, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Novell's Directory Services is a competitive product to Microsoft's Active Directory in much the same way that the Saturn V is a competitive product to those dinky little model rockets that kids light off down at the playfield. -- Thane Walkup -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
