questions about xset
Doll, Margaret Ann
margaret_doll at brown.edu
Tue Oct 25 21:04:39 UTC 2011
My understanding that "mkfontdir fonts" will create a fonts.dir inside the
directory fonts. The directories
/usr/local/mathematica/7.0/SystemFiles/Fonts/Type1 and .../Fonts/BDF
already have a fonts.dir
Same with /share/apps/Mathematica7.0/SystemFiles/Fonts/Type1 and
.../Fonts/BDF
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Richardson, Joshua A. <
Joshua.Richardson at gd-ais.com> wrote:
> 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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