Thread: natty: no fonts in emacs over ssh

hi all,

installed natty on pc , works great. or nearly!
if connect server via ssh , try open emacs window on server: no fonts visualized (only empty boxes) , following warnings:

warning: cannot convert string "-*-courier-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*" type fontstruct
warning: cannot convert string "-*-helvetica-medium-r-*--*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1" type fontstruct

- running emacs "no window" option -nw works fine (but don't working emacs in terminal window).
- emacs works fine on server, when accessed other machines (my old pc, laptop, etc...).
- emacs installed on own machine (the 1 natty) works fine, if matters.

ideas? thanks!
giovanni

posted gghigliotti

hi all,

installed natty on pc , works great. or nearly!
if connect server via ssh , try open emacs window on server: no fonts visualized (only empty boxes) , following warnings:

warning: cannot convert string "-*-courier-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*" type fontstruct
warning: cannot convert string "-*-helvetica-medium-r-*--*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1" type fontstruct

- running emacs "no window" option -nw works fine (but don't working emacs in terminal window).
- emacs works fine on server, when accessed other machines (my old pc, laptop, etc...).
- emacs installed on own machine (the 1 natty) works fine, if matters.

ideas? thanks!
giovanni

i had same problem.
installed many many fonts on ubuntu (so don't know how tell 1 should. maybe "ttf-mscorefonts-installer" "xfonts-100dpi" , "xfonts-75dpi" enough.
but, many fonts installed, problem persisted.
solution edit local /etc/x11/xorg.conf , adding this:

code:

section "files"    fontpath "/usr/share/x11/fonts/local/"    fontpath "/usr/share/x11/fonts/misc/"    fontpath "/usr/share/x11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"    fontpath "/usr/share/x11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"    fontpath "/usr/share/x11/fonts/type1/"    fontpath "/usr/share/x11/fonts/speedo/"    fontpath "/usr/share/x11/fonts/75dpi/"    fontpath "/usr/share/x11/fonts/100dpi/"  endsection

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