---
name: "fsinfo"
section: "1x"
platform: "linux"
package: "xbase-clients"
version: "3.3.6-11potato32"
release: "Debian 2.2 (Potato)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/fsinfo/1x"
---

# fsinfo(1x)

X font server information utility

## NAME

fsinfo - X font server information utility

## SYNOPSIS

**fsinfo** \[-server *servername*\]

## DESCRIPTION

*Fsinfo* is a utility for displaying information about an X font server.  It is used to  examine the capabilities of a server, the predefined values for various parameters used in communicating between clients and the server, and the font catalogues and alternate servers that are available.

## EXAMPLE

The following shows a sample produced by *fsinfo.*

```
name of server:	hansen:7100
version number:	1
vendor string:	Font Server Prototype
vendor release number:	17
maximum request size:	16384 longwords (65536 bytes)
number of catalogues:	1
	all
Number of alternate servers: 2
    #0	hansen:7101
    #1	hansen:7102
number of extensions:	0
```

## ENVIRONMENT

- **FONTSERVER**

  To get the default fontserver.

## SEE ALSO

[xfs(1)](/xfs/1.md), [fslsfonts(1)](/fslsfonts/1.md)

## AUTHOR

Dave Lemke, Network Computing Devices, Inc