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This one has worked for me for many years (including ubuntu 22.04):

(bluesky_2023_2) prjemian@zap:/tmp/bluesky$ more /usr/local/epics/opi/medm_fonts.alias

widgetDM_4 5x7
widgetDM_6 widgetDM_4
widgetDM_8 5x8
widgetDM_10 widgetDM_8
widgetDM_12 6x10
widgetDM_14 6x12
widgetDM_16 7x14
widgetDM_18 widgetDM_16
widgetDM_20 8x16
widgetDM_22 widgetDM_20
widgetDM_24 10x20
widgetDM_30 widgetDM_24
widgetDM_36 12x24
widgetDM_40 widgetDM_36
widgetDM_48 widgetDM_40
widgetDM_60 widgetDM_48


On 3/28/2023 10:45 AM, Stein, Samuel Joshua via Tech-talk wrote:

TL;DR : Has anyone gotten an exported MEDM session to display properly on Ubuntu 22.04?

I am trying to get the font aliases working for MEDM running on a remote machine but exporting the display to a local Ubuntu (22.04) machine. The guide I found (https://www.slac.stanford.edu/grp/ssrl/spear/epics/extensions/medm/MEDM.html#Fonts <https://www.slac.stanford.edu/grp/ssrl/spear/epics/extensions/medm/MEDM.html#Fonts>) regarding font alias creation got me close, but given the way the newest version of Ubuntu seems to handle fonts, I can't seem to get it working.

When medm is invoked, I get the following alias errors:
medmInit: Unable to load font widgetDM_30
   Trying default (fixed) instead

medmInit: Unable to load font widgetDM_36
   Trying default (fixed) instead

medmInit: Unable to load font widgetDM_40
   Trying default (fixed) instead

medmInit: Unable to load font widgetDM_48
   Trying default (fixed) instead

medmInit: Unable to load font widgetDM_60
   Trying default (fixed) instead

Note that these fonts in the alias file appear to be pointing to adobe flavors, which may be an issue.

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