Re: [expert] How to export fonts to thin client
you need to set up a font alias. Or import some font aliases from Hummingbird's website. Basically each Xserver needs a "font server". Exceed has its own "font server" -> windows. The problem is translating X font names to windows font names. Exceeed has a database that mataches them up... but the databases get outdated everytime X changes a bit (new version of mandrake or solaris...). You could configure your xfs font server to export to your network, and not just on a named pipe, and then configure exceed to get fonts from your linux box. But I think the fonts will look like crap... just like they do in X... ;) M.S. Hughes wrote: > I am running MDK 8.2 on a machine with IP address 192.168.0.5. > > I've edited my /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc file to have: > > [Xdmcp] > Enable=true > > so that I may log into 192.168.0.5 from a windows machine running > Hummingbird Exceed. (There are no firewall issues here since both > machines are behind the same firewall) > > My problem is that applications like kterm and mathematica report they > are unable to find the fonts they need. > > I've checked the e-mail archives and can't find anything that seems to > directly relate to this > > I've tried editing the /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs file so that xfs uses port > 7100 instead of port -1 > > X wouldn't even start. So I changed things back and added edited the > /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file to contain: > > FontPath "unix/:-1" > FontPath "unix/:7100" > > and things still don't work.(but at least X still works) > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Bryan Whitehead SysAdmin - JPL - Interferometry Systems and Technology Phone: 818 354 2903 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] How to export fonts to thin client
"M.S. Hughes" wrote: > > I am running MDK 8.2 on a machine with IP address 192.168.0.5. > > I've edited my /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc file to have: > > [Xdmcp] > Enable=true > > so that I may log into 192.168.0.5 from a windows machine running > Hummingbird Exceed. (There are no firewall issues here since both > machines are behind the same firewall) > > My problem is that applications like kterm and mathematica report they > are unable to find the fonts they need. > > I've checked the e-mail archives and can't find anything that seems to > directly relate to this > > I've tried editing the /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs file so that xfs uses port > 7100 instead of port -1 > > X wouldn't even start. So I changed things back and added edited the > /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file to contain: > > FontPath "unix/:-1" > FontPath "unix/:7100" > > and things still don't work.(but at least X still works) > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. > It would be easier to have X forwarding set to yes, ssh into the machine, and, if necessary, export your term display on server. You can just use what the server offers in the case of fonts on the client. I have used Exceed on win32 platforms many times to do just this, and it works just fine. Your pipes should be more than adequate since you are on a lan. drjung -- J. Craig Woods UNIX/NT Network/System Administration http://www.trismegistus.net/resume.html Character is built upon the debris of despair --Emerson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] How to export fonts to thin client
I am running MDK 8.2 on a machine with IP address 192.168.0.5. I've edited my /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc file to have: [Xdmcp] Enable=true so that I may log into 192.168.0.5 from a windows machine running Hummingbird Exceed. (There are no firewall issues here since both machines are behind the same firewall) My problem is that applications like kterm and mathematica report they are unable to find the fonts they need. I've checked the e-mail archives and can't find anything that seems to directly relate to this I've tried editing the /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs file so that xfs uses port 7100 instead of port -1 X wouldn't even start. So I changed things back and added edited the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file to contain: FontPath "unix/:-1" FontPath "unix/:7100" and things still don't work.(but at least X still works) Any suggestions would be appreciated. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
