questions about xset
Doll, Margaret Ann
margaret_doll at brown.edu
Wed Oct 26 13:58:28 UTC 2011
I don't believe that this is a firewall problem with hosts.allow, etc.,
because I can display comsol images from a qlogin session back to my Mac.
There I have "ssh -Y" into the head node, started a qlogin to a compute node
and then started up comsol. There were a lot of libraries that had to be
installed to make this work.
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 5:19 PM, Carl G. Riches <cgr at u.washington.edu>wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Oct 2011, Doll, Margaret Ann wrote:
>
> 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.
>>
>
> The X font server on your Mac should have a config file. I recall having
> to modify the xfs config file on Linux desktops and X terminals to put a
> central font server in the font path (back when we had X terminals and
> such). There may have been something in the hosts.allow file as well.
>
> Carl
>
>
>> 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
>>>
>>> Carl G. Riches
>>> IT Manager
>>> Department of Biostatistics
>>> Box 357232 voice: 206-616-2725
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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/**<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<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@*
>>>>>>> *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/$**<http://reference.wolfram.com/**mathematica/ref/$**>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 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/$**<http://reference.wolfram.com/**mathematica/ref/$**>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 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...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> 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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