questions about xset
Doll, Margaret Ann
margaret_doll at brown.edu
Tue Oct 25 21:07:39 UTC 2011
xlsfonts | grep Mathematica
>
I know the Mathematica fonts are neither in my path on my Mac nor on the
head node.
However, I can run the Mathematica that is installed directly on my mac.
That display works well.
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Carl G. Riches <cgr at u.washington.edu>wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Oct 2011, Doll, Margaret Ann wrote:
>
> 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
>>
>>
> Have you run xlsfonts to verify that the fonts are in your font list?
>
> Carl
>
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>
>> 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<htt**p://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<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<htt**
>>>>> p://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<htt**
>>>>> p://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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