On Sun, 2006-08-10 at 18:51 +0200, Peter Dalgaard wrote: > Dirk Eddelbuettel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Peter, Kurt, Brian, > > > > Here is a belated comment from an R user on amd64 experiencing font problems > > as described in an earlier bug report by Ryan, and a suggested way to fix > > the > > issue. > > > > The full (older) discussion of the problem is at > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=309012 > > and Peter had chimed in once or twice. > > > > I can't really judge how pervasive the issue is, and if something out to be > > done about it at the R level, but I thought I should at least give you the > > heads up. My thanks to Andreas for the follow-up and the tip. > > > > Ryan: Is there something you folks at Berkeley observed? > > > > Dirk > > Hmmm, if "xset fp default" fixes things, it should be informative to > know what "xset q" has to say about the font path before and after > that command. Presumably it gets changed...
well I have the following: (I removed some output lines from xset q that are clearly irrelevant.) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xset q Font Path: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/ X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/ Bug Mode: compatibility mode is disabled [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xset fp default [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xset q Font Path: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/ Bug Mode: compatibility mode is disabled [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ so it looks to me like the font path did not change. > > > If the X server normally points to a font server and the default to a > font directory, and the font server is misconfigured, then it would > explain things, but that is pure conjecture at this stage. When we configure our clients to use a font server, we do not observe the problem at all. (Unfortunately xfs crashes under heavy load so we can't use that solution.) Please let me know if there is anything else I can do to try to track down that problem. Andreas -- Andreas J. Guelzow, Professor Dept. of Mathematical & Computing Sciences Concordia University College of Alberta -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
