Re: Fonts for Probe under Scientific Linux

[Bernd Schoeneburg <bernd.schoeneburg@desy.de>]

Hi Matthieu, Kevin and all,
The Version of Sientific Linux is 2.6.18-92.1.22.e15.
Thanks your hints I have played around a little bit in the /usr/share/X11 and /etc/X11 direcories.
The font path, viewed by "xset q" showed only "build-in"! I have extended it by using "xset +fp /usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi" and "xset +fp /usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi". Now "xlsfonts" shows a long list and probe is working properly.

Thank you for your help!
- Bernd

Kevin Anderson schrieb:

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

Matthieu Bec schrieb:

on fedora, they're bundled in these rpm

xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-1-75dpi
xorg-x11-fonts-ISO8859-1-100dpi