> What exactly is xfstt and what is it doing to your machine?
It is a True Type font server for X. I installed it.
> OTOH, if xfstt runs as root and directly accesses I/O ports,
> then there isn't much we can do... (a usermode device driver
It doesn't run as root, it runs from a user account. It uses the inet
interface to do port communication, I believe.
m.
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