Re: [Ltsp-discuss] XFS on Mandrake 8.1

[Z. <jnz...@in...>]

> Can anyone explain what Mandrake (8.1) is doing with their font server =
and
> how to get the font server to work with LTSP clients? The path for the =
fonts
> on the server is specified as  unix/:-1. When I enable the use of the F=
ont
> Server in the lts.conf file, this sticks the value unix/:7100 in the
> XF86Config file on the client.

Be sure to set the XFS_SERVER variable in the lts.conf file


> I understand that the value (-1, 7100) refer to a port which is used by=
 the
> Font Server to serve up the fonts, and that both the server and the cli=
ent
> need to agree on the port number. If I change the port number in the Se=
rver
> config file to 7100, and also change the xfs script in /etc/rc.d/init.d=
 to
> use 7100, I cannot get X started on the server.=20

That is ok. But you have to modify the file "/etc/X11/fs/config" also
and comment out the "no-listen =3D tcp" option which prevents xfs to
accept remote connections. That should be the problem you encounter.


> If I modify the script which generates the XF86Config file for the clie=
nt to=20
> use -1, I get an error saying it's an invalid port.

So it is. The "-1" is a "hack" to access a local socket in XFree, as I
understand
the port.

Go for port 7100 and modify /etc/X11/fs/config, then everything should
work fine
(as it does here).

So long,
  J=FCrgen