[forum] bloatware

[forum@XFree86.Org]

We build fixed and one or two other fonts into the kdrive X server.

The reasoning here is that in embedded systems, you need to ensure
that the X server will always start at least far enough to get to
a UI to tell the user how to reload the system.  It isn't acceptable
on systems with no keyboards to expect a user to rummage around
a log file and try to recover.

The size is quite small.
				- Jm

> 
>    It doesn't crash over here.  It just doesn't start, which
> isn't the same thing.
> 
> The only solution is probably to build a fixed font into the server,
> which some people might complain about (speaking of bloat).
> 
> 
>
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Jim Gettys
Cambridge Research Laboratory
HP Labs, Hewlett-Packard Company
Jim.Gettys@hp.com