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Re: Mathematica font problem on debian ?



On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 11:47:01AM -0500, Balbir Thomas wrote:
> hi
> When I try to run mathematica on debian (potato with kernel 2.2.19) I get an
> error stating that mathematica fonts are not properly installed. I have
> added the mathematica font directory (i.e. subdirectories of 
> /usr/local/mathematica/SystemFiles/Fonts) to /etc/X11/XF86Config . On checking
> which fonts are installed by "xlsfonts" I find the math fonts to be installed.
> I even tried "xset fp+ ..." on the same font directories. In spite of all this 
> I still get the error . Though as yet I have not been able to detect any font
> problem if I continue to use mathematica, ignoring the error message. The 
> error message reported by XFree86 is "can't load font taipei16". 
> I have no clue what to do now . I would be grateful if you could give me 
> a pointer.

AFAICT the fonts are loaded, and the error message is bogus.
The curse of closed source.

-- 
John Lenton (john@grulic.org.ar) -- Random fortune:
Really??  What a coincidence, I'm shallow too!!

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