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<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>] 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<http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/ref/$InstallationDirectory.html>
>> >
>> /SystemFiles/Fonts/Type1 should appear before
>> $InstallationDirectory<http://**reference.wolfram.com/**mathematica/ref/$
>> **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...
>
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> University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
> E-mail : nmw at ion.le.ac.uk
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