[forum] bloatware

[Mark Vojkovich]

On Tue, 1 Apr 2003 Jim.Gettys@hp.com wrote:

> 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

   As long as it's not unicode. 


			Mark.

> 
> > 
> >    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).
> > 
> > 
> >
> --
> Jim Gettys
> Cambridge Research Laboratory
> HP Labs, Hewlett-Packard Company
> Jim.Gettys@hp.com
> 
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