Hello managers,
i've asked:
>I've found confusing things in the docs about fontserver (xfs).
>
>What are those "alternate servers" i can enter in the config-file:
>
>1.) the actual fontserver is busy and then tells from its configfile
> which other "alternate server" should be asked for fonts,
> this way trying to share the load, but the original fontserver
> is still up, running and reachable
>
>or
>
>2.) the Xserver has been told by the fontserver at startup and thus knows
> from its cache, which "alternate server" can be asked for fonts in
> the case the original fontserver can not be reached, e.g. in the
> case of a reboot or when the net is open or something like that.
and got no answers.
Nevertheless i *think* now possibility one is the correct answer,
as this is what follows from another paper i've found:
ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/R6.4/xc/doc/specs/xfs/design.ms
where under point 17.1 is stated:
"If the connection fails, the server returns the proper status and a list
of any alternate servers it may know of"
("connection failing" in this sense means that the fontserver follows its
criteria to establish a connection and in between comes over a step
which is not fulfilled.)
On the other hand it may still be possible that for different Xservers
a different behaviour for xfs connections is implemented, such as that
the NCDware-5.0.something Xserver "understands" the following syntax
to set fontpaths:
xset fp= tcp/host-1+host2:7000
and -maybe- if NCD writes about alternate servers they speak about
these "host-1" and "host-2" servers...
With regards,
Bernt Christandl
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