questions about xset
Carl G. Riches
cgr at u.washington.edu
Tue Oct 25 21:19:07 UTC 2011
On Tue, 25 Oct 2011, Doll, Margaret Ann wrote:
> xlsfonts | grep Mathematica
>>
>
> I know the Mathematica fonts are neither in my path on my Mac nor on the
> head node.
>
> However, I can run the Mathematica that is installed directly on my mac.
> That display works well.
The X font server on your Mac should have a config file. I recall having
to modify the xfs config file on Linux desktops and X terminals to put a
central font server in the font path (back when we had X terminals and
such). There may have been something in the hosts.allow file as well.
Carl
>
> On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Carl G. Riches <cgr at u.washington.edu>wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 25 Oct 2011, Doll, Margaret Ann wrote:
>>
>> Installing Mathematica on my mac did not help with the display from the
>>> head
>>> node on the cluster.
>>>
>>> I copied over the Fonts directory from the head node for Mathematica. I
>>> installed the fonts in a /usr/local/mathematica/7.0/**SystemFiles/Fonts
>>> directory.
>>> I then linked .fonts in my home directory to the new Fonts directory.
>>>
>>> That did not help.
>>>
>>> .fonts -> /usr/local/Mathematica/7.0/**SystemFiles/Fonts
>>> ls .fonts
>>> AFM BDF SVG TTF Type1
>>>
>>>
>> Have you run xlsfonts to verify that the fonts are in your font list?
>>
>> Carl
>>
>> Carl G. Riches
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>>
>>
>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Doll, Margaret Ann <
>>> margaret_doll at brown.edu
>>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>
>>> As root I edited
>>>>
>>>> /etc/X11/fs/config to add the lines on the head node of the cluster
>>>>
>>>> /share/apps/Mathematica7.0/**SystemFiles/Fonts/Type1,
>>>> /share/apps/Mathematica7.0/**SystemFiles/Fonts/BDF,
>>>> /share/apps/Mathematica7.0/**SystemFiles/Fonts/AFM
>>>>
>>>> I restarted xfs on the head node
>>>>
>>>> service xfs restart
>>>>
>>>> I checked my firewall on the head node of the computer clustrer
>>>>
>>>> netstat -nlp | grep 7100
>>>> unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 9788554
>>>> 5359/xfs /tmp/.font-unix/fs7100
>>>>
>>>> I then logged into the head node from my Mac using "ssh -Y"
>>>>
>>>> As a regular user, my xset path does not contain the Mathematica fonts.
>>>> And Mathematica still gives me the "bad font message"
>>>>
>>>> My local computer is a Mac, 10.6.
>>>>
>>>> I am installing Mathematica on my Mac now to see if that makes a
>>>> difference
>>>> in the display.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 12:13 PM, Nigel Wade <nmw at ion.le.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 25/10/11 16:24, Richardson, Joshua A. wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Just a quick guess, but have you actually verified the path you are
>>>>>> trying to set exists? You may need to physically copy the fonts from
>>>>>> the CD
>>>>>> to the machine.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://shortrecipes.blogspot.****com/2009/06/mathematica-xset-****
>>>>>> bad-font-path-element.html<htt**p://shortrecipes.blogspot.com/**
>>>>>> 2009/06/mathematica-xset-bad-**font-path-element.html<http://shortrecipes.blogspot.com/2009/06/mathematica-xset-bad-font-path-element.html>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Joshua A. Richardson
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@**
>>>>>> redhat.com <redhat-list-bounces at redhat.**com<redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com>>]
>>>>>> On Behalf Of Doll, Margaret
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ann
>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 11:09 AM
>>>>>> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
>>>>>> Subject: questions about xset
>>>>>>
>>>>>> CentOS release 5.6 (Final)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We have Mathematica 7.0 installed on our computer cluster, but are
>>>>>> unable
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> get the display to work. The initial trademark comes up, but not the
>>>>>> rest
>>>>>> of the application.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> mathematica&
>>>>>> [1] 2527
>>>>>> [mdoll at ted ~]$ xset: bad font path element (#1149), possible causes
>>>>>> are:
>>>>>> Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions
>>>>>> Directory missing fonts.dir
>>>>>> Incorrect font server address or syntax
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mathematica says that the problem is
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Font Installation
>>>>>> All machines that display the front end must have access to the fonts
>>>>>> included with *Mathematica*. If the *Mathematica* process is running on
>>>>>> a
>>>>>> remote machine and the front end is displayed on the local machine, the
>>>>>> X
>>>>>> server on the local machine must know where to find the *Mathematica*
>>>>>> fonts.
>>>>>> To do this, add the *Mathematica* fonts to the local font path by
>>>>>> running
>>>>>> a
>>>>>> command like the following on the local machine.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> xset fp+ /usr/local/Wolfram/****Mathematica/8.0/SystemFiles/****
>>>>>> Fonts/Type1;
>>>>>>
>>>>>> xset fp
>>>>>> rehash
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Be sure to execute xset fp rehash to make the fonts available to the
>>>>>> local X
>>>>>> server.
>>>>>> For optimal onscreen performance, Type1 fonts should appear before BDF
>>>>>> fonts
>>>>>> in the font path. Hence,
>>>>>> $InstallationDirectory<http://****reference.wolfram.com/**
>>>>>> mathematica/ref/$****InstallationDirectory.html<htt**
>>>>>> p://reference.wolfram.com/**mathematica/ref/$**
>>>>>> InstallationDirectory.html<http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/ref/$InstallationDirectory.html>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> /SystemFiles/Fonts/Type1 should appear before
>>>>>> $InstallationDirectory<http://****reference.wolfram.com/**
>>>>>> mathematica/ref/$****InstallationDirectory.html<htt**
>>>>>> p://reference.wolfram.com/**mathematica/ref/$**
>>>>>> InstallationDirectory.html<http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/ref/$InstallationDirectory.html>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> /SystemFiles/Fonts/BDF. You can check the order of the font path by
>>>>>> executing the command xset q.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *Note:* TrueType fonts are automatically loaded and do not require an
>>>>>> xsetcommand.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have tried
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> xset +fp
>>>>>> /share/apps/Mathematica7.0/****SystemFiles/Fonts/Type1,/**
>>>>>> share/apps/Mathematica7.0/****SystemFiles/Fonts/BDF
>>>>>>
>>>>>> xset: bad font path element (#1149), possible causes are:
>>>>>> Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions
>>>>>> Directory missing fonts.dir
>>>>>> Incorrect font server address or syntax
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> xset +fp
>>>>>> /share/apps/Mathematica7.0/****SystemFiles/Fonts/Type1
>>>>>>
>>>>>> xset: bad font path element (#1149), possible causes are:
>>>>>> Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions
>>>>>> Directory missing fonts.dir
>>>>>> Incorrect font server address or syntax
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What's going wrong?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "xset q" shows
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Font Path:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> /usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/****usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/,/****
>>>>>> usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/OTF,/****usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/****
>>>>>> usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:****unscaled,/usr/X11/lib/X11/**
>>>>>> fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/****X11/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/****
>>>>>> X11/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/,/****Library/Fonts,/System/Library/****Fonts
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> I presume when you say that it's installed on the cluster that you are
>>>>> using a remote X display.
>>>>>
>>>>> Have you installed the fonts on the client?
>>>>>
>>>>> You either have to do that, or setup the machine on which the fonts are
>>>>> installed as a font server. Then direct the local machine with the X
>>>>> display
>>>>> to the font server.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you login remotely, using for example ssh, and attempt to set the
>>>>> fontpath when logged in remotely this will fail. Font paths refer to the
>>>>> X
>>>>> server, not the X client. So the X server (on your desktop) has to have
>>>>> access to the fonts.
>>>>>
>>>>> For example, on my desktop I issue the following:
>>>>> xset +fp fontserver:tcp/7100
>>>>>
>>>>> to access the fonts on the host fontserver. This host is the machine on
>>>>> which Mathematica is installed. On fontserver it's necessary to add the
>>>>> Mathematica font directories to the font server, in my case it's an old
>>>>> RHEL
>>>>> 4 system, and the font configuration is in /etc/X11/fs/config. I've
>>>>> added
>>>>> the entries for Mathematica to the catalogue entry:
>>>>>
>>>>> catalogue = /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/****korean,
>>>>> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:****unscaled,
>>>>> ...
>>>>> /opt/Wolfram/Mathematica/5.2/****SystemFiles/Fonts/Type1,
>>>>> /opt/Wolfram/Mathematica/5.2/****SystemFiles/Fonts/BDF,
>>>>> /opt/Wolfram/Mathematica/5.2/****SystemFiles/Fonts/AFM
>>>>>
>>>>> You then need to fire up the font server, in the RHEL 4 case it's
>>>>> handled
>>>>> by chkconfig, and the service is xfs. Finally, poke a restricted hole
>>>>> for
>>>>> port 7100 in your firewall, if you have one, so that clients can access
>>>>> the
>>>>> font server.
>>>>>
>>>>> Fonts in X are fun...
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Nigel Wade, System Administrator, Space Plasma Physics Group,
>>>>> University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
>>>>> E-mail : nmw at ion.le.ac.uk
>>>>> Phone : +44 (0)116 2523548, Fax : +44 (0)116 2523555
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