problem with xpdf: is not starting

[Klaus Bobzin]

hi,
i've a problem starting xpdf 3.02 on a system with HP-UX 11.11. when starting xpdf i get the following error:

Error: No display font for 'Courier'
Error: No display font for 'Courier-Bold'
Error: No display font for 'Courier-BoldOblique'
Error: No display font for 'Courier-Oblique'
Error: No display font for 'Helvetica'
Error: No display font for 'Helvetica-Bold'
Error: No display font for 'Helvetica-BoldOblique'
Error: No display font for 'Helvetica-Oblique'
Error: No display font for 'Symbol'
Error: No display font for 'Times-Bold'
Error: No display font for 'Times-BoldItalic'
Error: No display font for 'Times-Italic'
Error: No display font for 'Times-Roman'
Error: No display font for 'ZapfDingbats'

i've already searched the net but only found hints according linux or mac os.

thanks in advance for any tips
bye
joerg

[Peter Nikitka]

Hi,

we need the info, where your $DISPLAY is located and which OS this system has: the messages comes from the local Xserver.
If it's NOT local, the use of a fontserver should help:
Check on the HP system:
ps -ef | fgrep xfs

Note the port number (default: 7000), and on the local system use
xset fp+ tcp/:7000
or some GUI-Tool to enter this fontpath element.

mfG Peter

[Steven Schweda]

Are you sitting at the HP-UX workstation
keyboard+display, or at some remote X server
on a Windows system, or where?

> [...] found hints according linux or mac os.

They might still be good hints.

echo $DISPLAY
xlsfonts

[Klaus Bobzin]

i connect to the server via ssh from a remote wkst and exported the display to this hp-ux wkst. the server runs hp-ux 11.11 and so does the wkst.
after the xpdf command a xpdf window opens and on the terminal window the error i posted earlier appears.


ps -ef | fgrep xfs -> nothing but the ps command and the vxfsd process.

we used to run a fontserver. i'll try to find out sth about it.

thanks
joerg

[Peter Nikitka]

Hi,

look at
cat /etc/rc.config.d/xfs
#
# xfs configuration: set RUN_X_FONT_SERVER to a non-zero value to
# initiate a font server at run level 2.
#
# Installed at /etc/rc.config.d/xfs
#

RUN_X_FONT_SERVER=1

and then run
/sbin/init.d/xfs start

mfG Peter

[Klaus Bobzin]

Hi Peter,

Now it works!
Still get the message "Error: No display font for..." but the pdf file opens.

Danke!

Bye
Joerg

P.S. Also thanks to you, Steven.

[Peter Nikitka]

Hi,

I think, now not all of the font requests fail.
You could look for additional font servers running on a differnt OS in your network and add such a fontserver host additionally.

A help for submitting points - a unique feature of this new group - is found here:
http://forums12.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/helptips.do?#33

mfG Peter