questions about xset

[Doll, Margaret Ann]

I would like to add the mathematica fonts to the xls path on the head node,
but that is where I am still having the problem.

When I execute "xset -q", I see

Font cache:
  Server does not have the FontCache Extension

Is this the cause of my inability of adding the mathematica fonts to the
list?

On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Nigel Wade <nmw at ion.le.ac.uk> wrote:

> On 26/10/11 14:54, Doll, Margaret Ann wrote:
>
>> On my Mac
>>  mkfontdir .fonts
>> ln -s /usr/local/Mathematica/7.0/**SystemFiles/Fonts .fonts
>> ls -sal .fonts
>> 8 lrwxr-xr-x  1 mad  staff  44 Oct 25 15:16 .fonts ->
>> /usr/local/Mathematica/7.0/**SystemFiles/Fonts
>> gc166-mad:~ mad$ ls -sal /usr/local/Mathematica/7.0/**SystemFiles/Fonts
>> total 0
>> 0 drwxr-xr-x    7 root  wheel    238 Oct 21 09:20 .
>> 0 drwxr-xr-x    4 root  wheel    136 Oct 25 15:15 ..
>> 0 drwxr-xr-x   66 root  wheel   2244 Oct 25 13:25 AFM
>> 0 drwxr-xr-x  655 root  wheel  22270 Oct 25 13:25 BDF
>> 0 drwxr-xr-x   30 root  wheel   1020 Oct 21 09:20 SVG
>> 0 drwxr-xr-x   40 root  wheel   1360 Oct 21 09:20 TTF
>> 0 drwxr-xr-x   78 root  wheel   2652 Oct 25 13:25 Type1
>>
>>  xset +fp .fonts
>> 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
>> gc166-mad:~ mad$ xset +fp .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
>> gc166-mad:~ mad$ xset +fp .fonts/BDF/font.dir
>> 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
>>
>> This is the same problem that I have on the head node:
>>
>>
>> ls -sal /share/apps/Mathematica7.0/**SystemFiles/Fonts
>> total 60
>>  4 drwxr-xr-x  7 root root  4096 Oct 21 09:20 .
>>  4 drwxr-xr-x 18 root root  4096 Oct 25 15:10 ..
>>  4 drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 Oct 25 13:25 AFM
>> 36 drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 36864 Oct 25 13:25 BDF
>>  4 drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 Oct 21 09:20 SVG
>>  4 drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 Oct 21 09:20 TTF
>>  4 drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 Oct 25 13:25 Type1
>>
>> [root at ted Fonts]# xset +fp /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
>>
>> Although xfs is running on the head node:
>> xfs       5359     1  0 Oct25 ?        00:00:00 xfs -droppriv -daemon
>>
>> It was not running on the mac.  I started the process on the mac and tried
>> the xset again.
>>
>>  sudo /usr/X11/bin/xfs&
>> [1] 7770
>> gc166-mad:~ mad$ xset +fp .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
>>
>>
>>
>>
> The font server (xfs) is used to supply fonts from one machine to another,
> to save you the hassle of installing them on every client. You should only
> require one font server instance, on a machine which actually has the fonts
> installed locally.
>
> Any client machine (with local X server) which requires those fonts can
> access them by having the font server added to its font path. The syntax to
> add a font server to the font path is:
>
> xset +fp fontserver:tcp/7100
>
> where "fontserver" is the hostname/IP of the font server.
>
> After doing this you should verify it's been added to the font path using
> "xset q", and that the fonts are available by "xlsfonts".
>
> Don't forget that if you run xlsfonts whilst logged into a remote system
> you will not see the fonts which are installed on that remote system. You
> will see the fonts which your local X server has available (the X server
> which any X client will display to). xlsfonts is an X client, just as xterm,
> xclock etc. and shows information about your local X server, not the remote
> system.
>
>
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>            University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
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