Subject: AbiWord on remote X server
From: Stuart D. Gathman (stuart@bmsi.com)
Date: Sat Jun 16 2001 - 12:00:45 CDT
I have AbiWord 0.7.14 installed on RedHat 6.2, Helix Gnome 1.0 with
updates applied (but haven't upgraded to 1.4 yet).
It works great on the local X server. However, when running it on
another X server on the local network, it complains about fonts not
found. Apparently, the wrapper shell script does not dynamically add
the fonts to the correct X server when the server is remote.
Why is this important? We have 3 school age kids who need to do simple
word processing (go AbiWord!). We can't afford 3 full computers, so we
run Linux with attached X terminals. The X terminals are created from
discarded 486 PCs with 512M disks - all free. Try that with M$. (It
can be done - for a *lot* of money.)
If will post a followup if I can figure out how to fix the wrapper
script.
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Stuart D. Gathman
Business Management Systems Inc. Phone: 703 591-0911 Fax: 703 591-6154
"Microsoft is the QWERTY of Operating Systems" - SDG
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(HINT: The song is "Dies Irae" from the Mozart Requiem.)
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