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Re: NCD-USERS: HP-UX 10.20 A 9000 - X problems

Dave Buckle (buckle@jlaba2.cebaf.gov)
Tue, 30 Sep 1997 16:46:13 -0400

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> From af@biomath.jussieu.fr Tue Sep 30 12:58:14 1997
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> Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 18:48:52 +0100 (GMT+0100)
> From: af@biomath.jussieu.fr (Alain FAUCONNET)
> Subject: Re: NCD-USERS: HP-UX 10.20 A 9000 - X problems
> To: cgs@exodata.se
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> Carolina Garcia Santacruz wrote / a ecrit:
>
> >
> > After upgrading to hpux 10.20 and installing manually the ncd
> > services and files, I find that X is behaving weird.
> >
> > I don't get the server displayed in the broadcast list, but when
> > giving the ip address I get through .. almost. I get the screen
> > flash, the sand clock and an eternal wait. When looking in the
> > messages window in the explora, I can see complaints about a missing
> > fonts.dir and bad element keyboard, looping at an incredible speed.
> >
> > Well, I've added every single font directory from the server to my
> > font path, ran mkfontdir everywhere and my keyboard has no problems
> > (i.e, telnet runs fine with all danish chars..). It still loops. I
> > broke my theories when I forced a log out, and then immediately a log
> > in. Perfect! No messages. But just after a failing login -and
> > sometimes.
> >
> > Am I being paranoid or is it really something in this new HP
> > version?? HP normally delivers a well configured X host...
> >
>
> Carolina,
>
> I have noticed that the 10.20 CDE XDM login server doesn't like
> missing fonts at all. I have encountered problems very similar to
> yours after my upgrading to 10.20. They have been solved by :
>
> 1) carefully reviewing changes made to CDE config file and scripts
> (those copied from /usr/dt/... to /etc/dt/... and customized). Some of
> those files have undergone modifications between 10.10 and 10.20, so
> your customized 10.10 files might be a problem (if you did customize
> any).
>
> 2) making sure that the NCD X-term has all the fonts it needs to keep
> CDE happy. Rather than adding all those font dirs to your NCD font
> path in the config files, why don't you run the font server on the HP
> machine and add "tcp/name-of-the-HP-machine:7000" to the X-term font
> path ? I find it easier to maintain since HP provides the X font
> server config file with each release. The X font server will run at
> next boot if you change :
>
> RUN_X_FONT_SERVER=0
> to :
> RUN_X_FONT_SERVER=1
>
> in /etc/rc.config.d/xfs.
>
> Good luck,
> _A_
> --
> Alain FAUCONNET Ingenieur systeme - System Manager AP-HP/SIM
> Public Health 91 bld de l'Hopital 75013 PARIS FRANCE
> Medical Computing Research Labs Mail: af@biomath.jussieu.fr
> Tel: (+33) (0)1-40-77-96-19 Fax: (+33) (0)1-45-86-80-68
> I've RTFMed. It says: "Refer to your system administrator"
> But... I *am* the system administrator :-]
>
Carolina,
At Jefferson Lab, we had some trouble with the font servers from hp-ux v10.20
running on port 7000 as is specified in the start up script for the xfs font
server.

We chnaged the start up script to use port 7100 , which was also being
used by our Sun Font servers, and most of our font problems disappeared.

I also strongly reccommend removing as many specific font paths as possible
from initial configuration files. CDE ,on all of our platforms, wants
to completely flush the font path every time you log in. If font servers
are doing the work it takes less time for the xdm login screen to appear.

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