Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 11:32:22 -0800 From: Eric Anholt <anholt@FreeBSD.org> To: Jens Rehsack <rehsack@liwing.de> Cc: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/73309: [PATCH] Fixing missing dependency which prevents xorg-vfbserver from running Message-ID: <1104435142.866.7.camel@leguin> In-Reply-To: <41D42623.7070709@liwing.de> References: <200412292210.iBTMA5H9017569@freefall.freebsd.org> <41D42623.7070709@liwing.de>
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On Thu, 2004-12-30 at 16:00 +0000, Jens Rehsack wrote: > Eric Anholt wrote: > > Synopsis: [PATCH] Fixing missing dependency which prevents xorg-vfbserver from running > > > > State-Changed-From-To: open->closed > > State-Changed-By: anholt > > State-Changed-When: Wed Dec 29 22:08:33 GMT 2004 > > State-Changed-Why: > > Conclusion: If you want to use an X Server, you must ensure that you have > > sufficient fonts, which in the X.Org case means the xorg-miscbitmaps port or a > > fontserver available which provides that. > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=73309 > > The Virtual X-Server requires the fonts to run, noone else. > So the patch does exactly what you want: it ensures the the > sufficient fonts are available. No, actually all X Servers require miscbitmaps to get the font which has the cursors. Either that or they require a working fontserver, and that option of working fontserver, common in thin client systems, is why I won't add a miscbitmaps dependency to servers. I would definitely accept a patch to make the error message when you lack the font more useful. -- Eric Anholt eta@lclark.edu http://people.freebsd.org/~anholt/ anholt@FreeBSD.org
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