Re: [LUG] /usr/X11R6/bin/X

[Keith Abraham <keith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Grant Sewell wrote:

> > > > /usr/X11R6/bin/X -nolisten tcp -auth
> > > >        
>
>  
>
> > > That would be your X server... part of the GUI.
> > >      
>
>  
>
> > Thanks Grant but I've just looked at the boot logs and they
> > show that I've somehow managed to get ISDN services running
> > on my system. (I'm using ADSL)
> >
> > It looks to me as if the ISDN services were started during boot
> > and when no connection was made the process went background.
> >
> > So I removed all ISDN services and everything is back to normal.
> >
> > I did a big system update from Debian today and I think somehow
> > I must have loaded/started the ISDN stuff.
> >
> > Keith
> >    
>
> /usr/X11R6/bin/X is *definitely* your GUI.  ISDN services or not.  If you want to stop the ISDN services, then you need to unlink all those found in /etc/rcX.d (where X is a number between 1 and 5) that begin with an S and look like ISDN.  For example, /etc/rc3.d/S18isdn
>
> Grant.
>  
Of course you're correct. Sorry I'm trying to do umpteen things at
once here. I'll to the ISDN thing when I have time.

The real problem seems to be with fonts. Here's a chunk of ps aux

root      2798  0.0  1.3   6912  5352 ?        Ss   19:58   0:00 
/usr/bin/X11/xfs -daemon
root      2902  0.0  0.3   2792  1524 ?        S    19:58   0:00 
/bin/bash /etc/rc5.d/S20xprint start
root      2907  0.0  0.3   2792  1524 ?        S    19:58   0:00 
/bin/bash /etc/rc5.d/S20xprint start
root      2908  0.0  1.6  14696  6220 ?        S    19:58   0:00 
/usr/bin/Xprt -ac -pn -nolisten tcp -audit 4 -fp 
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont,/usr/share/fonts/truetype/latex-xft-fonts,/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera,/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives,/usr/share/fonts/ttf/western 
:64
root      2911  0.0  0.3   2792  1528 ?        S    19:58   0:00 
/bin/bash /etc/rc5.d/S20xprint start
root      2914  0.0  0.2   1860   776 ?        Ss   19:58   0:00 hcid: 
processing events
root      2918  0.0  0.1   1540   520 ?        Ss   19:58   0:00 
/usr/sbin/sdpd
root      2948  0.0  0.0      0     0 ?        S<   19:58   0:00 [krfcommd]
root      2962  0.0  0.2   1884   812 ?        Ss   19:58   0:00 
/usr/sbin/cron
root      2969  0.0  0.1   2648   712 ?        Ss   19:58   0:00 
/usr/bin/kdm
root      2975  0.0  0.1   1620   476 tty1     Ss+  19:58   0:00 
/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
root      2976  0.0  0.1   1620   476 tty2     Ss+  19:58   0:00 
/sbin/getty 38400 tty2
root      2977  0.0  0.1   1620   476 tty3     Ss+  19:58   0:00 
/sbin/getty 38400 tty3
root      2978  0.0  0.1   1620   476 tty4     Ss+  19:58   0:00 
/sbin/getty 38400 tty4
root      2979  0.0  0.1   1620   476 tty5     Ss+  19:58   0:00 
/sbin/getty 38400 tty5
root      2980  0.0  0.1   1620   476 tty6     Ss+  19:58   0:00 
/sbin/getty 38400 tty6
root      2981 14.8  4.4  68140 17268 ?        S<   19:58   6:09 
/usr/X11R6/bin/X -nolisten tcp -auth /var/run/xauth/A:0-XknD0Z vt7
root      3036  0.0  0.3   3252  1452 ?        S    19:58   0:00 -:0    

I hope you can read it OK and offer some elucidation.

Fonts and X always seems to me to be a "black art".

Keith

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