How do I use the font server (X11)?

islandkid · 03-21-2002, 07:34 PM

how do I get X11 to use the xfs font server? X11 loads fine when I use direct paths to the fonts in XF86Config, but I get an error when I have FontPath "unix/:7100" in the "Files" Section and X11 doesn't load.

Sixpax · 03-21-2002, 07:40 PM

I'm using both the local xfs server and a network one. My XF86Config entry looks like this:

FontPath "unix/:-1"
Fontpath "tcp/192.168.3.5:7000"

As far as I know, X11 won't even work if you aren't pointing to the local xfs server, but I could be wrong.

Is that what you are asking?

islandkid · 03-21-2002, 07:54 PM

I'm trying to connect to the local font server. xfs loads at startup. I tried FontPath "unix/:-1" - didn't work. Whenever I try to connect to the font server I get this message:

could not open default font 'fixed'

and X11 won't load,
but I can set the paths directly like this:
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
ect....

I would like to beable to use the font server though.

Sixpax · 03-21-2002, 09:09 PM

Need more info...

What version of XFree86 are you running?

What do you get when you run "ps -efw | grep xfs"

What about "netstat -an | grep 7100"

One more thing to run "xfsinfo", if that gives nothing, try "xfsinfo -server localhost:7100"

islandkid · 03-22-2002, 01:33 AM

bash-2.05# ps -efw | grep xfs
root 691 688 1 12:15 pts/1 00:00:00 grep xfs
bash-2.05# netstat -an | grep 7100
bash-2.05# xfsinfo
xfsinfo: no font server defined
bash-2.05# xfsinfo -server localhost:7100
xfsinfo: unable to open server "localhost:7100"
bash-2.05# xfsinfo -server localhost:7000
xfsinfo: unable to open server "localhost:7000"
bash-2.05# rpm -qi XFree86-xfs
Name : XFree86-xfs Relocations: (not relocateable)
Version : 4.2.0 Vendor: Red Hat, Inc.
Release : 6.47 Build Date: Thu Mar 14 23:15:32 2002
Install date: Tue Mar 19 00:42:13 2002 Build Host: daffy.perf.redhat.com
Group : System Environment/Daemons Source RPM: XFree86-4.2.0-6.47.src.rpm
Size : 175569 License: XFree86
Packager : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla>
URL : http://www.xfree86.org
Summary : A font server for the X Window System.
Description :
XFree86-xfs contains the font server for XFree86. Xfs can also serve
fonts to remote X servers. The remote system will be able to use all
fonts installed on the font server, even if they are not installed on
the remote computer.
bash-2.05#

Aussie · 03-22-2002, 05:08 AM

Are you running this on redhat or caldera?

Bert · 03-22-2002, 08:12 AM

This is another RedHat 7.2 kernel 2.4.7-10 problem I'll bet, seen it tried it, uninstalled it.

Bert

Sixpax · 03-22-2002, 08:46 AM

The only problem I see is that your font server isn't even running.

Try this "xfs -droppriv", and tell me if you get any error messages.

If not, kill it (ctrl-C), and run it this way "xfs -daemon -droppriv"

Then go through those commands I gave you again and see what you get.

Also, you never told me what version of XFree86 you are running (not what version of xfs you are running).

islandkid · 03-22-2002, 01:26 PM

I'm running the same version of XFree86

bash-2.05# xfs -droppriv
bash-2.05# xfs -daemon -droppriv
bash-2.05# ps -efw | grep xfs
xfs 1012 1 0 00:23 ? 00:00:00 xfs -daemon -droppriv
root 1014 1008 0 00:23 pts/1 00:00:00 grep xfs
bash-2.05# netstat -an | grep 7100
tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:7100 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 3824 /tmp/.font-unix/fs7100
bash-2.05# xfsinfo
xfsinfo: no font server defined
bash-2.05# xfsinfo -server localhost:7100
name of server: localhost:7100
version number: 2
vendor string: The XFree86 Project (experimental version)
vendor release number: 6600
maximum request size: 8192 longwords (32768 bytes)
number of catalogues: 1
all
Number of alternate servers: 0
number of extensions: 0
bash-2.05#

It seems to have worked, but my initscript for xfs uses the exact same command to start it.

Thank you very much. I will figure the initscripts out.

nnn · 06-28-2003, 08:45 AM

For such an error //could not open default font 'fixed'//
even a 'disk space run out' can be a reason

Piro · 11-02-2004, 03:18 AM

ok i just installed Slackware 10 and now im getting a simular error as to that dude...

Code:

bash-2.05b# xfs -droppriv
_FontTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6
_FontTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/craptop:7100
_FontTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet6

ive been getting a dhcpcd problem too... could this be causing this error?

i do an ifconfig apon bootup and my eth0 doesn't show up, i do a dhcpcd eth0 and it takes 20 seconds to do nothing before returning to main prompt. i do a 'ifconfig eth0 down' then 'ifconfig eth0 up' and it shows up but still no ip... i even tryed setting static ip to the eth0... still no ip or networking for the box... any suggestions on either of these would be greatly appreciated :P

i know its eth0 because i do the ifconfig eth0 up and the linksys switch light goes off for a second while it restarts the device... but when i try ping google.com it doesnt even blink on the switch... its like its doesn't know it has a net connection. >_<!!!!

background of the box:
toshiba satellite pro 430cds
xircom realport ethernet 10/100+modem 56 (REM56G-100)
48mbs ram
256mbs swap partition & 1.1gig linux partition
slackware 10 (did a clean install from 8.0)