questions about xset

Richardson, Joshua A. Joshua.Richardson at gd-ais.com
Tue Oct 25 20:52:16 UTC 2011 

Do you need to maybe run 'mkfontdir' and 'xset fp rehash' first?  Maybe if you do that, then run the 'xset q' you'll see the fonts listed?

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 4:23 PM
To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
Subject: Re: questions about xset

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



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<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...
>>
>> --
>> 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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