lazlor@si.ucsc.EDU (Allen) (05/06/91)
We are running X11R4, under SunOs4.1.1 on Sparcs and 4.01 on sun 3/50's. When I issue the following xset command (xset +fp) I get an X Error. Sorry, don't know the patchlevel we are running at. Anyone have any idea? Is this an old problem since patched? Thanks in advance, Allen Smith -script- cats% xset -display bill:0 +fp /cats/lazlor/Etc X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation) Major opcode of failed request: 51 (X_SetFontPath) Minor opcode of failed request: 0 Resource id in failed request: 0x0 Serial number of failed request: 4 Current serial number in output stream: 6 Reply to: lazlor@cats.UCSC.EDU
mouse@lightning.mcrcim.mcgill.EDU (der Mouse) (05/08/91)
> We are running X11R4, under SunOs4.1.1 on Sparcs and 4.01 on sun 3/50's. > When I issue the following xset command (xset +fp) I get an X Error. > cats% xset -display bill:0 +fp /cats/lazlor/Etc > X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation) > Major opcode of failed request: 51 (X_SetFontPath) > Minor opcode of failed request: 0 > Resource id in failed request: 0x0 For MIT X, this error from a SetFontPath request means that the server didn't like the pathname you gave it. Most likely your server is running on another machine, with a different view of the filesystem. The path you give to xset must be a pathname in the filesystem *as seen by the server*. Yes, this means that under some circumstances you simply cannot add fonts to the server. That is one of the unfortunate consequences of the current font mechanisms. From Jim Getty's talk at the X conference last January, I get the impression R5 is expected to contain mechanisms that will help cure this situation. (No, I don't know when R5 will be out. All anyone was saying was "this yearish".) Another possible reason for this error is that the directory doesn't contain a valid fonts.dir file. You did run mkfontdir, I hope? der Mouse old: mcgill-vision!mouse new: mouse@larry.mcrcim.mcgill.edu