On Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 02:58:07PM -0700, Jack Byers wrote:
> RE Hal Burgiss : http://feenix.eyep.net/xstuff/xfs.html
>
> a very goodpage with lots of hints
> all focused on 6.0 thru 6.2 rhat users
>
> I am still in rhat 5.2 so the specific instructions therein
> probably dont really apply to me, but I have some peculiar responses
> re xfs in my 5.2 system that maybe Hal or someone can answer.
You will not have TrueType support with 5.2 xfs AFAIK. Unless, at some
point this was updated in RH RPMs to support this, which I doubt. If
TrueType is the ultimate goal here, look into xftt, or xfsft. Check
freshmeat, etc. or links on the above page.
> briefly, I am using
> XFree86-xfs-3.3.5-1.5.x
> XFree86-SVGA-3.3.5-1.5.x, ...etc,etc
> recently updated from rhat site.
>
> my bootup in rhat5.2 says something like (too fast to catch it all)
> ...xfs nice.... xfs not found
Strange. What does 'which xfs' show?
> but it doesnt stop the boot up
> and I can use startx ok
>
> using ps to check on xfs shows nothing
> [byers@byers byers]$ ps ax | grep xfs
> [byers@byers byers]$
Definitely not running.
> But, as per the instructions in Burgiss site to also check by:
> [byers@byers byers]$ /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs status
> xfs (pid 3281
> 3284
> 3286) is running...
> [byers@byers byers]$
Something is broken. The PIDs get saved during the start up process so
that restarting, stopping will work. I would say this is bogus info,
and trust ps in this case.
> so the ps command says xfs not running
> and this seems consistent with that bootup error on xfs
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs status
>
> yet the /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs status says xfs _is_ running
> --I havent the foggiest idea why 3 pids showing
Me neither, unless you restarted this twice, and the init script is
fubar (sounds like it). Probably some error was encountered during
startup, and the init script logic wasn't able to catch it, and give
an appropriate response. Sh*t happens.
> More generally,
> I dont grok the rltn between xfs supposed to be shown by 'ps xfs'
> and the xfs shown by '/etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs status'
>
> any explanation appreciated
--
Hal B
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