Bug 9904 - showfont doesn't find the xfs server
Summary: showfont doesn't find the xfs server
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: X11R6-contrib
Version: 6.2
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Preston Brown
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2000-03-01 20:08 UTC by Brock Organ
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2000-03-06 20:07:07 UTC
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Description Brock Organ 2000-03-01 20:08:26 UTC
Unable to find the xfs server:

[root@test95 /root]# showfont -server localhost:0.0 -fn "*"
_FSTransSocketINETConnect: Can't get service for 0.0
can't open server "localhost:0.0"
[root@test95 /root]# ps afxww | grep xfs
  740 ?        S      0:02 xfs -droppriv -daemon -port -1
 2063 pts/2    S      0:00      \_ grep xfs
[root@test95 /root]# showfont -server localhost:7100 -fn "*"
_FSTransSocketINETConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
_FSTransSocketINETConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
_FSTransSocketINETConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
_FSTransSocketINETConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111

[root@test95 /root]# showfont -server test95:7100 -fn "*"
_FSTransSocketINETConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
_FSTransSocketINETConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111

[root@test95 /root]#

Comment 1 Cristian Gafton 2000-03-04 17:59:59 UTC
This is attemtping to connect to the xfs server over a TCP socket. That is
disabled by default in the shipping xfs server for security reasons.

Comment 2 Preston Brown 2000-03-06 20:07:59 UTC
try showfont -server :-1 -fn \*courier\*


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