questions about xset

[Doll, Margaret Ann]

[root at ted Fonts]# pwd
/share/apps/Mathematica7.0/SystemFiles/Fonts
[root at ted Fonts]# ls
AFM  BDF  SVG  TTF  Type1


On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Richardson, Joshua A. <
Joshua.Richardson at gd-ais.com> 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
>
> Joshua A. Richardson
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:
> 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>
> /SystemFiles/Fonts/Type1 should appear before
> $InstallationDirectory<
> http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/ref/$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
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