I would like to add the mathematica fonts to the xls path on the head node, but that is where I am still having the problem. When I execute "xset -q", I see Font cache: Server does not have the FontCache Extension Is this the cause of my inability of adding the mathematica fonts to the list? On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Nigel Wade <nmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 26/10/11 14:54, Doll, Margaret Ann wrote: > >> On my Mac >> mkfontdir .fonts >> ln -s /usr/local/Mathematica/7.0/**SystemFiles/Fonts .fonts >> ls -sal .fonts >> 8 lrwxr-xr-x 1 mad staff 44 Oct 25 15:16 .fonts -> >> /usr/local/Mathematica/7.0/**SystemFiles/Fonts >> gc166-mad:~ mad$ ls -sal /usr/local/Mathematica/7.0/**SystemFiles/Fonts >> total 0 >> 0 drwxr-xr-x 7 root wheel 238 Oct 21 09:20 . >> 0 drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 136 Oct 25 15:15 .. >> 0 drwxr-xr-x 66 root wheel 2244 Oct 25 13:25 AFM >> 0 drwxr-xr-x 655 root wheel 22270 Oct 25 13:25 BDF >> 0 drwxr-xr-x 30 root wheel 1020 Oct 21 09:20 SVG >> 0 drwxr-xr-x 40 root wheel 1360 Oct 21 09:20 TTF >> 0 drwxr-xr-x 78 root wheel 2652 Oct 25 13:25 Type1 >> >> xset +fp .fonts >> 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 >> gc166-mad:~ mad$ xset +fp .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 >> gc166-mad:~ mad$ xset +fp .fonts/BDF/font.dir >> 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 >> >> This is the same problem that I have on the head node: >> >> >> ls -sal /share/apps/Mathematica7.0/**SystemFiles/Fonts >> total 60 >> 4 drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Oct 21 09:20 . >> 4 drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4096 Oct 25 15:10 .. >> 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 25 13:25 AFM >> 36 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 36864 Oct 25 13:25 BDF >> 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 21 09:20 SVG >> 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 21 09:20 TTF >> 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 25 13:25 Type1 >> >> [root@ted Fonts]# xset +fp /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 >> >> Although xfs is running on the head node: >> xfs 5359 1 0 Oct25 ? 00:00:00 xfs -droppriv -daemon >> >> It was not running on the mac. I started the process on the mac and tried >> the xset again. >> >> sudo /usr/X11/bin/xfs& >> [1] 7770 >> gc166-mad:~ mad$ xset +fp .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 >> >> >> >> > The font server (xfs) is used to supply fonts from one machine to another, > to save you the hassle of installing them on every client. You should only > require one font server instance, on a machine which actually has the fonts > installed locally. > > Any client machine (with local X server) which requires those fonts can > access them by having the font server added to its font path. The syntax to > add a font server to the font path is: > > xset +fp fontserver:tcp/7100 > > where "fontserver" is the hostname/IP of the font server. > > After doing this you should verify it's been added to the font path using > "xset q", and that the fonts are available by "xlsfonts". > > Don't forget that if you run xlsfonts whilst logged into a remote system > you will not see the fonts which are installed on that remote system. You > will see the fonts which your local X server has available (the X server > which any X client will display to). xlsfonts is an X client, just as xterm, > xclock etc. and shows information about your local X server, not the remote > system. > > > -- > Nigel Wade, System Administrator, Space Plasma Physics Group, > University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK > E-mail : nmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Phone : +44 (0)116 2523548, Fax : +44 (0)116 2523555 > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@**redhat.com<redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx> > ?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/**mailman/listinfo/redhat-list<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
