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- Configure and activate the fontserver on HP-UX and include it in the fontpath on the system running the X-Server. This is the preferred solution.
- Copy the missing fonts to the system running the X-Server and include them in the local fontpath.
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Configuring HP-UX as a Fontserver
To configure and activate the fontserver on HP-UX, perform the following steps:
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| 1 | Include the CDE fonts in the fontserver's catalogue. | Use a text editor to open the file
If not already there, append
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| 2 | Enable the automatic start of the fontserver at boot. | Use a text editor to open the file
If not already set, set the following variable to 1:
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| 3 | (Re)start the fontserver. |
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| 4 | Test if the fontserver responds to queries. | Enter the following command on the system running the X-Server:
This should produce output similar to the following:
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By default, the fontserver runs on port 7000. This port must be allowed through any intermediate firewalls.
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To add HP-UX fonts to the Linux system running the X-Server perform the following steps:
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| 1 | Create a directory to store the additional fonts. | For example:
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| 2 | Copy the missing fonts from the HP-UX guest to the new directory. | Example using the most likely missing fonts:
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| 3 | Create an updated fonts.dir file. | For each newly created fonts directory execute the following command:
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| 4 | Check if fontpath can be added to X-Server. | Assuming you run a graphical user session on Linux, use the following command to add a new font directory to your server (until next restart):
To display the fontpath of the currently used X-Server, use the following command:
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| 5 | Refresh the font cache. | Run the following command to refresh the font cache:
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| 6 | Verify whether your X-Server finds the fonts. | Assuming you run a graphical user session on Linux, use the following command to query the X-Server for known fonts (using HP-UX fontnames as an example):
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Connect to HP-UX from Linux
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| 1 | Start Xephyr. | Use local font directories:
Use fontserver:
Parameters:
For more information refer to the man-pages of your Linux system. |
| 2 | A CDE login window will appear in the Xephyr window. |
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For this setup no fontserver was configured and no fonts were copied.
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| 5 | Finish the setup by continuing through the remainder of the sections (for this example all the defaults were accepted) and press Finish on the last configuration screen of XLaunch. | |
| 6 | The HP-UX graphical login screen is displayed and after logging in, you will see the graphical desktop. |
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