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Dusan Bruncko <[log in to unmask]>
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Dusan Bruncko <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 2 Sep 2007 20:44:31 +0200
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Hello,


Hi All,

> Except with xfig I have not experienced any trouble. Which locale   
> have you set
> during the installation? My $LANG=en_US.UTF-8.
>
I have same locale...

O.k., I will try your advice.

thank you,

cheers,
             Dusan

> I do not know why, but xfig is for many years somehow incompatible   
> with modern
> font installations. What I did, is to steel the accomodations of the source
> code from the SuSE 9.3 distribution and compile xfig myself. If somebody
> likes the source code, it's here for download:
>
> http://cyclotron.tamu.edu/hees/tmp/xfig.3.2.5-full-SL5.0-HvH.tar.bz2
>
> Note that you need to compile the transfig package before the xfig package.
> Both, transfig and the original xfig source code can be found at
>
> http://www.xfig.org/
>
> Cheers,
> Hendrik.
>
> On Sat September 1 2007 09:45, Dusan Bruncko wrote:
>>     Dear coleagues,
>>
>> I have several problems with SLC5.  Please look:
>>
>> - xterm
>> Warning: locale not supported by Xlib, locale set to C
>> Warning: X locale modifiers not supported, using default
>> Failed to open input method
>>
>> but terminal will be open
>>
>> - xfig
>> Warning: locale not supported by Xlib, locale set to C
>> Warning: X locale modifiers not supported, using default
>> Warning: Cannot convert string
>> "-*-times-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,-*-*-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-
>> *-*-*-*,*--14-*" to type FontSet
>> Warning: Unable to load any usable fontset
>> Warning: Cannot convert string
>> "-*-times-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,-*-*-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-
>> *-*-*-*,-*-*-*-r-*--14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" to type FontSet
>> Warning: Unable to load any usable fontset
>> Warning: Cannot convert string
>> "-*-times-bold-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,-*-*-bold-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-*-
>> *-*,-*-*-*-r-*--14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" to type FontSet
>> Warning: Unable to load any usable fontset
>> Warning: Unable to load any usable fontset
>> Warning: Input Method Open Failed
>> Warning: Input Method Open Failed
>> Warning: Input Method Open Failed
>>
>> but again, xfig started
>>
>> - acroread
>> Warning: locale not supported by Xlib, locale set to C
>> Warning: X locale modifiers not supported, using default
>> Fatal System Error: Raise at top of Exception Stack
>> zsh: abort      acroread
>>
>> but I remember time, when acroread-5.0.10-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm worked
>> properly...
>>
>> - if I looked on .xsession-errors, I see (as a root):
>> /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/localuser.sh: line 12:  3711 Segmentation
>> fault      xhost +si:localuser:`id
>> -un`
>> No profile for user 'root' found
>> xset:  bad font path element (#100), possible causes are:
>>    Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions
>>    Directory missing fonts.dir
>>    Incorrect font server address or syntax
>> startkde: Starting up...
>>
>> but
>>
>> xhost
>> access control disabled, clients can connect from any host
>> INET:h8x.iep
>>
>> /usr/bin/id
>> uid=0(root) gid=0(root)
>> groups=0(root),1(bin),2(daemon),3(sys),4(adm),6(disk),10(wheel)
>>
>> id -un  gives root
>>
>> It means xhost and id works properly (I  hope) and segmentation fault
>> goes from
>>
>> xhost +si:localuser:`id -un`
>>
>> - kprinter
>> Qt: Locales not supported on X server
>>
>> I have last update...
>>
>> What is wrong?
>>
>> Thank you for help.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>                                    Dusan
>
> --
> Hendrik van Hees 			Texas A&M University
> Phone: 	+1 979/845-1411 		Cyclotron Institute, MS-3366
> Fax:	+1 979/845-1899 		College Station, TX 77843-3366
> http://cyclotron.tamu.edu/hees/		mailto:[log in to unmask]
>



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