Re: checking that xfs is working

1997-07-19 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Fri, 18 Jul 1997, Behan Webster wrote: > Perhaps using xfs should be made the default then. > > It should be just as simple to have either be used as long as all > font packages register themselves with both /etc/X11/XF86Config and > /etc/X11/xfs/config. Oh! That reminds me, while the nice

Re: checking that xfs is working

1997-07-19 Thread Behan Webster
Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > On Thu, 17 Jul 1997, Behan Webster wrote: > > > in /etc/X11/XF86Config instead of using xfs. On most stand-alone > > machines, xfs is overkill, as far as I can tell. > > The nice people on #gimp told me that xfs makes things more responsive > because the XServer does

Re: checking that xfs is working

1997-07-18 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Thu, 17 Jul 1997, Behan Webster wrote: > in /etc/X11/XF86Config instead of using xfs. On most stand-alone > machines, xfs is overkill, as far as I can tell. The nice people on #gimp told me that xfs makes things more responsive because the XServer does not block while it is rendering fonts.

Re: checking that xfs is working

1997-07-18 Thread Rick Hawkins
> Well, I may be the wrong person to answer, but I've tackled these > same problems recently, so I feel I can help. 8) > If I've stated something wrong, please, someone correct me. nope, you're right. I tackled them on macbsd. > You see, you can have the local X server read the fonts itself

Re: checking that xfs is working

1997-07-17 Thread Behan Webster
Rick Hawkins wrote: > > I may be asking the wrong questino here :) Well, I may be the wrong person to answer, but I've tackled these same problems recently, so I feel I can help. 8) If I've stated something wrong, please, someone correct me. > Before I reinstalled this > week, xfs was always r

Re: checking that xfs is working

1997-07-17 Thread Rick Hawkins
> All the info you need is hiding in the man pages. You just need > to figure out which ones. The following is what I found: I may be asking the wrong questino here :) Before I reinstalled this week, xfs was always running. After reinstall, it isn't. But then, i also had xfree3.3 then, as w

Re: checking that xfs is working

1997-07-17 Thread Behan Webster
Rick Hawkins wrote: > judging by the staggering delays to load lyx, which brings x to a halt, > i'd bet it isn't running. But how do i check, and how do i fix it? All the info you need is hiding in the man pages. You just need to figure out which ones. The following is what I found: % xset q