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 Joshua A. Richardson -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] 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@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> /SystemFiles/Fonts/Type1 should appear before $InstallationDirectory<http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/ref/$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 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
