Hi Michael, Have you copied ALL the Fonts (X, Type1, AMF, PCF, etc..)? Here a user had a similar problem on a SUN server and the following steps solved his problem: 1- Copy all Mathematica Fonts (X, Type1, AMF, PCF, etc..) to the local machine (HP, SUN, Linux). For example on a local SUN machine, copy/keep the Fonts in /opt/software/Math-Fonts 2- Use a DISPLAY command (i.e. DISPLAY=the local machine name..then...export DISPLAY) 3- On the local machine type: /usr/openwin/bin/xset fpt /opt/software/Math-Fonts/X (use the same command for other Fonts, Type1, AMF, and PCF,etc..). The above steps/commands will give you all the Fonts including the palette. I hope this will help. Regards Zaiem ---------- Dr Z.Bakker Team Leader and Deputy IS Manager Research Support, Information Systems Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences C38, Sackville Street Building The University of Manchester Manchester M60 1QD, UK Telephone: +44(0)161 306 3545 Fax: +44(0)161 306 3137 ---------- >-----Original Message----- >From: [log in to unmask] >[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On >Behalf Of Michael Hannon >Sent: 02 May 2007 22:15 >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Problem (missing palette) with remote execution of >Mathematica in SL 4.4 > >Greetings. As the subject says, I've encountered a problem >using Mathematica on a system running Scientific Linux 4.4. I >can't tell if the problem relates to X-windows (xorg vs. >XFRee86), or to changes in Mathematica, or ... Hence, this >may be wildly off-topic, and, if so, I apologize. > >The issue has to do with executing Mathematica on a remote >system and getting the display on a local system via >X-windows. Mathematica uses its own fonts for its GUI. If >those fonts are missing, the front-end >(GUI) is, for practical purposes, not usable. > >We have Mathematica available on a bunch of SL 4.x boxes in >our classroom. I'd like to be able to connect via ssh to one >of the classroom systems from my office, run Mathematica on >the classroom system, and display the results on a SL 4.4 >system in my office. > >We're currently using SL 4.4 on our classroom systems and the >system in my office. The version of Mathematica is 5.2. > >In the not-too-distant past I've been able to do this >combination of remote execution/local display by using the >cheap, but, if I understand correctly, entirely legal trick of >installing the Mathematica fonts, and no other part of >Mathematica, on my local computer in exactly the same location >in which the fonts are located on the remote system. > >I.e., if I do: > > local# mkdir -p >/usr/local/Wolfram/Mathematica/5.2/SystemFiles/Fonts > >then put all the Mathematica fonts in that local directory, >then I have been able to do: > > local$ ssh -X remote > > remote$ Mathematica & > >and have the full Mathematica front-end appear on local. > >Note that this worked without my having to modify any >X-windows configuration at all! No "mkfontdir", no "xset >fp+", etc., etc. > >Now what happens is that I get the input window, but I don't >get the associated "palette", which contains all the integral >signs, square-root signs, etc. At some level Mathematica DOES >seem to be finding the fonts, because if I take a >quasi-command-line approach and start typing things into the >input window, the function names are in bold, the brackets and >parentheses are automatically highlighted and matched, and if >I type something like: > > Integrate[Sin[x^2], x] > >I get legibly-formatted output with Pi's and square-root signs >looking more or less the way they look in math books. > >If you know where the palette went, or if you have any other >words of wisdom about this, please let me know. Thanks. > > - Mike > >-- >Michael Hannon mailto:[log in to unmask] >Dept. of Physics 530.752.4966 >University of California 530.752.4717 FAX Davis, CA 95616-8677 > >