Bug 74947 - xfs restart causes font server to hang
Summary: xfs restart causes font server to hang
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: XFree86   
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Version: 8.0
Hardware: i686 Linux
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Assignee: Mike A. Harris
QA Contact: David Lawrence
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Reported: 2002-10-02 23:59 UTC by Need Real Name
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:47 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2002-10-02 23:59:26 UTC
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Description Need Real Name 2002-10-02 23:59:20 UTC 
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Description of problem:
If the xfs server is restarted,
/sbin/service xfs restart
then the font server hangs, i.e. running xlsfonts says that pattern "*" is
unmatched.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.su
2./sbin/service xfs restart
3.xlsfonts
	

Actual Results:  pattern "*" unmatched

Expected Results:  list of installed fonts

Additional info:

Seems to fix itself after loginning out and then back in again.
Comment 1 Mike A. Harris 2002-10-03 10:02:15 UTC 
Wrong command...  service xfs restart

The proper way, is to do:  service xfs reload

"restart" means "stop xfs entirely, then start it up again", and that
causes the xfs<->XFree86 connection to be broken, and fonts no longer
work.

"reload" on the other hand means "xfs, please reread your configuration
and try to pick up my changes".

Closing as NOTABUG.
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