Error with xvfb fonts path

[Philippe Le Bihan]

Suhaib Siddiqi wrote:
> 
> How about mounting your other directory to /usr/X11R6?
> or using xfs server.
> 
> Suhaib

1) System target is Windows NT4/2000, what do you mean "mounting"?
2) I can never be sure to have a font server running somewhere...
3) Is there a reason for the "-fp" command line option not to work?

Philippe.

> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Philippe Le Bihan [ mailto:Philippe.Le-Bihan@evidian.com ]
> > Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 9:44 AM
> > To: cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com
> > Subject: Error with xvfb fonts path
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> >  I have downloaded xfree86-4.0-Xvfb.tar.bz2 along with
> > everything it takes to work. And indeed, everything works
> > properly when installed right in [DRIVE:]/usr/X11R6...
> >
> > The problem is that I HAVE to install it in another
> > directory. And then xvfb fails because it does not find
> > needed fonts, even when I start it with "-fp" command line
> > option.
> >
> > Am I misunderstanding something about this option?
> > Does anybody knows of a way to do this ? (recompile
> > with another RootDir is not an option, because
> > installation directory will vary from one system to
> > another).
> >
> > Any help appreciated.
> >
> > --
> > Philippe LE BIHAN
> > mailto:Philippe.Le-Bihan@evidian.com
> > tel:(33-1) 01 30 80 34 11 int. 23-73411
> > --
> >
> > Here is the output I get (Dir1, Dir2, Dir3 are something
> > like e:/My/Install/Dir/usr/X11R6/lib/... Fonts dirs are
> > installed in Dir3)
> >
> > Command1:  xvfb -co [Dir1]/rgb -sp [Dir2]/SecPol -ac :40
> >   ...
> >   PEXExtensionInit: Couldn't open default PEX font file  Roman_M
> >   Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX/,
> > removing from list!
> >   Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/,
> > removing from list!
> >   Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,
> > removing from list!
> >   Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/,
> > removing from list!
> >   Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,
> > removing from list!
> >   Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,
> > removing from list!
> >   Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,
> > removing from list!
> >
> >   Fatal server error:
> >   could not open default font 'fixed'
> >
> > Command2: xvfb -co [Dir1]/rgb -sp [Dir2]/SecPol -ac :40 -fp
> > [Dir3]/PEX/,[Dir3]/100dpi/,[Dir3]/75dpi/,[Dir3]/CID/,[Dir3]/Sp
> > eedo/,[Dir3]/Type1/,[Dir3]/misc/
> >   ...
> >   PEXExtensionInit: Couldn't open default PEX font file  Roman_M
> >   Could not init font path element [Dir3]/PEX/, removing from list!
> >   Could not init font path element [Dir3]/100dpi/, removing from list!
> >   Could not init font path element [Dir3]/75dpi/, removing from list!
> >   Could not init font path element [Dir3]/CID/, removing from list!
> >   Could not init font path element [Dir3]/Speedo/, removing from list!
> >   Could not init font path element [Dir3]/Type1/, removing from list!
> >   Could not init font path element [Dir3]/misc/, removing from list!
> >
> >   Fatal server error:
> >   could not open default font 'fixed'
> >

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Philippe LE BIHAN
mailto:Philippe.Le-Bihan@evidian.com
tel:(33-1) 01 30 80 34 11 int. 23-73411
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