.xinitrc and .xession not being read?

[Mike A. Harris]

On Wed, 22 Oct 2003, Joshua Legbandt wrote:

>> Red Hat Linux by default uses "xfs" for serving fonts, and the X 
>> server is not used for serving fonts.  The "xset fp" commands 
>> tell the X server (not xfs) to manipulate it's fontpath and 
>> add/remove/refresh/etc. the X server font path only.  If your X 
>> server is not reconfigured to allow this to work properly, by 
>> enabling the various font modules in the Modules section of the 
>> X server config file, if you try to add font paths with xset to 
>> the X server and those FPEs contain fonts that the X server does 
>> not have a module loaded to handle, then the request will be 
>> ignored as the X server isn't capable of doing what you've asked 
>> in its current configuration.
>
>I don't think that this is the case, as I am able to run the xset
>commands after X is started and the fonts work as expected.

It very much is the case.  The *ONLY* way xset fp will work, is 
if your X server is configured to load the proper modules for the 
font types you're trying to add with xset.

If you're trying to add truetype fonts with xset, you need:

	Load "freetype"

If you're trying to add Type1 fonts with xset:

	Load "Type1"

Ditto for Speedo, and other types.  You need to read the X 
documentation to figure out what if any modules you need to load.  
If a module is not loaded for a font type, then the font types 
supported by that particular module will not be serveable by the 
X server at all, and xset +fp et al. on font directories that 
contain that font type will fail.

This isn't something I threw over my shoulder in a "I think this
is the way it is" sense, it is the way the X server works.  Of
course you're certainly free to read the various documentation
and/or source code if you disagree however.  ;o)

TTYL


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