Have you ever confused about how to install a minimal-but-enough installation of solaris OS? Well I had.
It was some time ago I wanted to install Sun Solaris without graphical environment, but I still want some services like ssh and ftp server, and the powerful shell bash. You can always customize the software installation at the installation process, but I found it a bit frustating, because I have to examine the package one-by-one. On the other hand, installing a software by hand from the DVD might takes time to look for the right software since the filename is shortened.
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When using an X application remotely, sometimes the application needs specific fonts that are not available on our X server. Some of them might still work with a different fonts. Unluckily, one of mine doesn’t
I found some messages when I use remote X server on an application :
ovw: Xt Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion
ovw: Xt Warning: Unable to load any usable fontset
ovw: Xt Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion
ovw: Xt Warning: Cannot convert string “-*-helvetica-medium-r-*-120-*” to type FontSet
The solution is to use the font server in which the application is installed
on apllication side (in this example is an hp-ux server) :
- open /etc/rc.config.d/xfs , set RUN_X_FONT_SERVER=1.
- Execute ”/sbin/init.d/xfs start”
on X server side (my laptop is using OpenSUSE linux) :
- Log on as user that going to run the application remotely.
- Execute ”xset +fp tcp/<hp-ux_hostname>:7000” .
- Execute ”xset fp rehash” .
- Execute ”xset -q”.
- Do a remote log on, secure tunnel might helps much if you have a firewall issue.
- Set DISPLAY variable if needed – “export DISPLAY=x.x.x.x:0.0″
- Run the X application remotely.
Credits: http://forums12.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?admit=109447627+1212545170579+28353475&threadId=224569
