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Hi, |
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If you don't have other hosts making use of u'r font server you |
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don't need it anyway. It's only a waste of resources. Everything |
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works just fine without it on a desktop. |
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Catalin |
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Holly Bostick wrote: |
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> Qv6 schreef: |
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>>Folks: |
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>>Just compiled a new kernel - 2.6.13-r3 (was using 2.6.11-r4), and |
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>>upgraded kde from 3.3.2 to 3.4. On booting into the new kernel, the |
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>>base system boots fine, but kde hangs. It seems from the error that |
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>>xfs could not be started. The error when I start xfs manually is: |
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>>gentoo# /etc/init.d/xfs start * Scanning font directories ... |
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>>[ ok ] * starting X font server ... [ ok ] |
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>>start-stop-daemon: stat /usr/X11R6/bin/xfs: No such file or directory |
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>> [ !! ] |
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>>xfsinfo returns a "no font server defined" message |
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>>I tried emerg-ing xfs and got this error: |
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>>!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "xfs" hav been masked. |
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>>I've played with the package.keywords and package.unmask with no |
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>>positive result |
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>>Note: never had any issue with the previous kernel (2.6.11-r3), Note: |
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>>the pc is a Fujitsu Lifebook series laptop Note: which xfs returns |
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>>xfs: /usr/include/xfs Any clues to sove this will be very mush |
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>>appreciated. |
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> I suspect you're trying to emerge the wrong thing: |
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> You have presumably not been using xfs up to this point (since they're |
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> all masked), so where is the font server coming from: |
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> Must be xorg itself: |
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> emerge -pv xorg-x11 |
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> Calculating dependencies ...done! |
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> [ebuild R ] x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8.2-r4 -3dfx +3dnow +bitmap-fonts |
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> -cjk -debug -dlloader -dmx -doc ==>+font-server<== -insecure-drivers |
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> -ipv6 -minimal +mmx +nls -nocxx +opengl -pam -sdk +sse -static |
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> +truetype-fonts +type1-fonts (-uclibc) +xprint +xv 0 kB |
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> |
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> motub@mutable -> useflag font-server |
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> /usr/portage/profiles/use.local.desc:x11-base/kdrive:font-server - |
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> Enables font server support |
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> /usr/portage/profiles/use.local.desc:x11-base/xorg-x11:font-server - |
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> Build XFS, the X Font Server |
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> I would suggest that you consider re-emerging xorg-x11. |
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> Perhaps the font server needs to be recompiled against the new kernel |
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> libraries, or the init file needs to be updated. |
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> HTH, |
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> Holly |
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