If I ssh into the main Mac from the iBook, and try to run Abiword by running "abiword &", it complains about font problems when it starts up. "Abiword was not able to add its fonts to the X11 font path. This does not mean that there is anything wrong with your system, but that you will need to edit your font path manually. Please see "UNIX Font Path Problem" in the FAQ section of the Abiword Help file for more detailed information ..."
AbiWord appears to start up, then there are two dialog boxes "AbiWord could not load the following font or fontset from the X Window System dispaly server: [-*-Times New Roman-regular-r-*-*-*-0-*-*-*-*-*-*]
This error could be the result of an incomplete AbiSuite installation, an in compatibility with your X Window System display server, or a problem communicating with a remote font server.
Often this error is the result of invoking AbiWord directly instead of through its wrapper shell script. The script dynamically adds the AbiSuite font directory to your X Window System display server front path before running the executable.
IMPORTANT: If you're a XFree86 4.x user, try adding: Load "type1" to the "Module" section of the XF86Config-4 file
(usually located at /etc/X11)
Please visit http://www.abisource.com for more information."
Abiword shuts down after the second dialog box is closed.
I can't find the XF86Config-4 file - I suspect the Apple X11 file structure is different somehow. Looking at /sw/bin/AbiWord, I can see that the shell script tries to set up a bunch of font stuff. Does this work if I ssh in from X11 on another Mac?
Can anyone recommend how to get AbiWord working if I ssh in from another Mac?
Note, applesystemfonts isn't doing its thing either (i.e. the apple fonts aren't showing up in abiword on the main Mac), if that is any clue.
On the main Mac (running fink unstable tree):
fink --version Package manager version: 0.13.5 Distribution version: 0.5.3.cvs
sw_vers ProductName: Mac OS X ProductVersion: 10.2.6 BuildVersion: 6L60
i abiword 1.0.3-2 i system-xfree86 4.2-12 i applesystemfonts 1.0-4 i ttfmkfontdir 1.0-2 i xfontpath 0.4-2
On the iBook (running the fink binary tree):
fink --version Package manager version: 0.13.2 Distribution version: 0.5.1
sw_vers ProductName: Mac OS X ProductVersion: 10.2.6 BuildVersion: 6L60
i system-xfree86 4.2-11 i applesystemfont 1.0-4 i ttfmkfontdir 1.0-1 i xfontpath 0.4-2
Thanks,
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