RE: Fonts for Probe under Scientific Linux

[Kevin Anderson <kevin.anderson@mail.mcgill.ca>]

> Hi all,
> I have installed "probe" unter Linux and OpenMotif. When probe starts, the messages
>
> Unable to load font!
> Unable to load font1!
> Unable to load font2!
>
>
> shows up. It needs some "-adobe-*****-iso8859-1" fonts (seen in probe_main.c). Probe is usable but the characters are quite small and hard to read.
> 
> "xlsfonts" displays only a few fixed fonts. If I use YamExtender and search for installed font packages, I find a lot.
> How can I install the necessary fonts, so that they can be used?

You don't mention what version of Scientific Linux you're trying to use.  I wonder if the root cause could be the removal of the X Font Server, like it is with edm and recent (> 7) versions of Fedora?  http://www.aps.anl.gov/epics/tech-talk/2009/msg00393.php has more details with how to get around that problem.

Otherwise, try downloading xorg-x11-fonts-75dpi and xorg-x11-fonts-100dpi.  You might also be able to get a better idea of what fonts you have available using xfontsel instead of xlsfonts.

-Kevin