OK, so now comes the hard part - building xfs.  Where are all of the FS*.h
header files?

On Thu, 17 Apr 1997, Scott Ellis wrote:

> In "Re: xfs?", rhawkins@iastate.edu (Rick Hawkins) wrote: 
> > 
> > 
> > > A good solution to this is to run xfs (X Font Server), and point the
> > > X server at xfs for teh fonts.  This allows xfs to handle the rendering
> > > of fonts, etc, and all the server does is request a specific font, and
> > > then wait for it to be delivered.  If you can run xfs on a different
> > > machine, this helps a LOT..but even on the same system, it can
> > > aid in the responsiveness quite a bit.
> > 
> > can you give us another hint here? :) 
> > 
> > how do we "point," and how do we automatically launch xfs?
> 
> 
> I almost replied with 'rtfm', but thought better of it. ;-)
> 
> Anyhow..just run xfm before xdm (or startx).  I run xfs, and then xdm in
> rc.local.
> 
> You'll need to configure xfs..so create a file /usr/X11/lib/X11/fs/config,
> whose contents are along the lines of:
> 
> client-limit = 10
> clone-self = on
> catalogue = /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi,
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc,
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo
> default-point-size = 120
> default-resolutions = 100,100,75,75
> use-syslog = off
> port = 7100
> 
> Now, instead of passing a normal path to the X server for fonts, tell it to
> use the xfs.  Something like:
> 
> /usr/X11/bin/X -fp tcp/localhost:7100
> 
> That should be enough to get you on the right track.
> 
> 
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