[plug] what port is xfs running on?

[Rob Dunne]

HI guys,

as root

[root at plastic]# tail -1 /etc/X11/fs/config
no-listen = tcp
[root at plastic]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs restart
Restarting xfs:
Shutting down xfs:                                         [  OK  ]
Starting xfs:                                              [  OK  ]
[root at plastic]# /usr/sbin/lsof -i -P | grep xfs
     # nothing 
[root at plastic]# vi /etc/X11/fs/config
[root at plastic]# tail -1 /etc/X11/fs/config
#no-listen = tcp
[root at plastic]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs restart
Restarting xfs:
Shutting down xfs:                                         [  OK  ]
Starting xfs:                                              [  OK  ]
[root at plastic]# /usr/sbin/lsof -i -P | grep xfs
xfs       6620     xfs    3u  IPv4 211994       TCP *:7100 (LISTEN)


[root at plastic]# xset -q
Font Path:
  /home/robd/.kde/share/fonts/override,unix/:7100,/home/robd/.kde/share/fonts



I am not setting up a network font server. 

http://kb.mozillazine.org/index.phtml?title=Gecko:_FAQs_:_Linux_XFT_and_MathML
gives instructions of how to add fonts for firefox if  " --enable-xft "
appears in about:buildconfig 

what that didnt seem to work properly (missing characters in the display)
I had a look at
http://www.ibiblio.org/Linux/HOWTO/Font-HOWTO/xfonts.html#AEN223
which seems to expect xfs to be listening at a port

                                                     bye
						     rob

Russell Steicke writes:
 > On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 12:55:10AM +1000, Rob Dunne wrote:
 > > 
 > > thanks Dean and Russell,
 > > 
 > >              I now see that I have a problem. 
 > > 
 > > 
 > > 
 > > $ /usr/sbin/lsof -i -P | grep xfs
 > > reveals nothing -- only ssh connections
 > > 
 > > however
 > > 
 > > $  grep xfs /etc/services
 > > xfs             7100/tcp                        # X font server
 > > 
 > > 
 > > 
 > > $ tail -1 /etc/X11/fs/config
 > > no-listen = tcp
 > > 
 > > could this be the problem? What should I change it too?
 > 
 > Unless you're setting up a font server for use by multiple machines on a
 > network (and if you don't know you're doing that, then you're probably
 > not) this is not a problem.  Your local X server will be getting fonts
 > by talking to the font server on its unix domain socket, or by reading
 > fonts directly from the file system.
 > 
 > Have you done the "xset -q" thing from that HOWTO, to find out where
 > your X server expects the fonts to be?
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > -- 
 > Russell Steicke
 > 
 > -- Fortune says:
 > There's nothing worse for your business than extra Santa Clauses
 > smoking in the men's room.
 > 		-- W. Bossert