Re: [gentoo-dev] /etc/init.d/xfs doesn't set up the xfs port properly

[Arcady Genkin]

José Fonseca <j_r_fonseca@××××××××.uk> writes:

> X is unable to connect to xfs when started by the /etc/init.d/xfs . I
> had to remove "-port -1" from the xfs command.
>
> I'm not sure what was the purpose of "-port -1" there, and I'm not
> sure if there is any side effect with my change... is it?
>
> BTW: Is there any notorious advantage or disadvantage in using an
> external font server as xfs?

Can you file a bug report about this, please?

The port should be defined in the config file, and not in the startup
file.  "-port -1" means that the XFS will only listen on the unix
domain socket, and won't accept any TCP connections.

Thanks,
-- 
Arcady Genkin
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