Problem with HP fonts on Solaris 9 client (X sessions).

[Fredric Vådegård]

I have an X problem to run some applications.
Trying to display an X-session (ovo, xclock etc.) from a HP-UX 11.0 server to a SUN Solaris 9 client. It works fine on Solaris 8!

On a HP-UX server (not the application server):
# vi /etc/rc.config.d/xfs
--> set RUN_X_FONT_SERVER=1
#/sbin/init.d/xfs start

On the SUN box:
#xset +fp tcp/[HP server name]:7000
#xset fp rehash
#xset -q

Error message:

#xclock
X Error of failed request: 84
Major opcode of failed request: 45 (X_OpenFont)
Serial number of failed request: 35
Current serial number in output stream: 36

Thanks!

//Fredric

[Alex Glennie]

please comment on the h/w of the
SUN Solaris 9 client ? also how much memory and it's graphics device options settings / card ... true color,pseudo color etc ?

[Thom Cornwell]

I had the same problem. Even though the HP is the font server the SUN does not use the fonts it is presenting. The solution was to set this environment variable on the SUN, in the .profile
export LANG=en_US.iso88591. SUN has no answer as to why it is not using the fonts served by the font server.

[Natalja Suhhonenko · Accepted solution]

I had also that problem in the Solars 9. Check, do you have a patch 112785-12 on you system? If not, apply the patch. This must resolve your problem. Patch itself belongs to the Recommended&Security Patch cluster.

[Fredric Vådegård]

Thanks Ivan, you made my day!

The patch solved the problem.

It is a Ultra 1 and I had tested everything except the patch before.

//Fredric