Subject: Abiword & K12 Linux Terminal Server Project
From: Paul Nelson (pnelson@riverdale.k12.or.us)
Date: Tue May 01 2001 - 23:08:50 CDT
Hello Folks,
I'd like to use AbiWord on our school terminals and include it with the
k12ltsp distribution. http://www.riverdale.k12.or.us/linux/k12ltsp.html
Getting AbiWord running is one of the major things on our list for our next
distribution. Any help would be appreciated.
I've installed abisuite-0.7.14-1 from the rpm. The k12ltsp install is based
on RH7.0 plus the ltsp packages.
Abiword runs fine from the server but when launched from a terminal I get an
error box that says this:
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"AbiWord could not load the following font or fontset from the X Window
System display server:
[-*-Times New Roman-regular-r-*-*-*-*-*-*]
This error could be the result of an incomplete AbiSuite installation, an
in compatibility with your X Window System display server, or a problem
communicating with a remote font server.
Often this error is the result of invoking AbiWord directly instead of
through its wrapper shell script. The script dynamically adds the
AbiSuite font directory to your X Window System display server front path
before running the executable.
Please visit http://www.abisource.com for more information."
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One suggestion I had from a ltsp user is quoted below:
> the problem is with some dynamic fonts that are loaded from
> /usr/share/abisuite/fonts directory
> to make abiword function properly on ltsp you'll need to add the dynamic
> fonts to the fonts that the ltsp workstations uses. if you use the fonts
via
> nfs then put the fonts in addition to the fonts in
> /tftpboot/lts/ltsroot/usr/lib/X11/fonts, if you use xfs then add them to
> your main entries in /usr/lib/X11/fonts.
>
We are not using xfs on the terminals.
Do any of you have experience using Abiword with LTSP that could help us
solve this problem?
Anyone have an example of "The script dynamically adds the
AbiSuite font directory to your X Window System display server front path
before running the executable."
Thanks,
;-) Paul
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Paul Nelson................... pnelson@riverdale.k12.or.us
Riverdale School, 11733 SW Breyman Ave, Portland, OR 97219
school (503)636-4511.....................fax (503)635-6342
Riverdale Web Page......... http://www.riverdale.k12.or.us
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