Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 09:26:53 +1100 From: "Pietralla, Siegfried P" <siegfried.pietralla@eds.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Cc: 'Richard Morse' <remorse@partners.org> Subject: RE: How to use X without installing X? Message-ID: <CC71DA3EE63F28478E5AEFB11DD39E77113B4C@aumem201.apac.corp.eds.com>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of > Richard Morse > Sent: Friday, 14 January 2005 07:37 > To: Daniel S. Haischt > Cc: questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: How to use X without installing X? > > > On 13 Jan 2005, at 2:15 PM, Daniel S. Haischt wrote: > > > simply try to export/set the DISPLAY variable before > > installing any additional software. > > > > setenv DISPLAY foo.bar.com:0.0 > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > | > > Your actual X-Server -´ > > Hi! I tried this (I had to use xhost first on my local machine), and > it sort of works. I get a lot of errors about fonts, and the Oracle > installer keeps throwing various java exceptions and not doing > anything, but I don't know if that's because of problems with the > installer or the X connection. The font errors I get are: > > Font specified in font.properties not found > [--symbol-medium-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-adobe-fontspecific] > > if you have any idea what I'm missing that would solve this... > > Thanks muchly, > Ricky hi ricky, this is the way to go - you definitely don't need anything X related on the server - I've just done this recently ( albeit with hpux and reflection X ). the install notes should tell you what version of java you need and that should help you fix up those errors. the font thing I can't help you with - perhaps you just need to install a font with those properties? or make sure all your fonts are on the right path / list / whatever ? also, you could just use another X server - do you have a different working unix workstation ( sgi, sun, hp, etc )? or even a p.c. running reflection X or exceed. but note that I can't get cygwin to work for me - I only get about a quarter of the initial installer screen to show up so I have to kill it - although it's still worth a quick try if you have a windows box. hth, siegfried.
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