Re: [foxboro] Linux box as operator workstation

We had the Solaris 2.5.1 install disks from years ago. We installed the Solaris 
font server. It worked ok (mostly) but was unreliable enough that we went back 
to NFS mounting the font directory on Foxboro boxes.

We also have lots of terminals hosted from Solaris7&8 boxes font servers 
without 
any problems. So I put it down to the 2.5.1 fontserver.

Darryl Bond


Sean Redmond wrote:

> 
> I didn't want to go into this mainly because I don't know how to set up a 
> font server on an I/A machine that does not have NCD X terminal software 
> installed.  That comes with a font server.  If anyone knows another way of 
> putting a font server on please let me know.  Basically you just add the 
> font server machine and port number into the font path.  New section 17
> 
> 17.  Set up the automounter to access fonts.  Add this line to
> /etc/auto.misc
> fonts 200.200.200.200:/usr/fox/wp/fonts
> This will automatically mount the fonts under /misc/fonts
> Modify /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 to add extra font path
> Section "Files"
>       FontPath "unix/:7100"
>         FontPath "152.152.152.152/:7000"
>       FontPath "/misc/fonts"
> EndSection
> 
> New Bit Setting up NCD Font server
> On a Foxboro machine with NCD Xterminal software on
> Create Edit file  /usr/lib/X11/ncd/fs/config
> port = 7000
> clone-self = on
> use-syslog = off
> catalogue = 
> /usr/lib/X11/ncd/fonts/pcf/misc/,/usr/lib/X11/ncd/fonts/pcf/75dpi/,/
> usr/lib/X11/ncd/fonts/pcf/100dpi/,/usr/lib/X11/ncd/fonts/pcf/dw75dpi/,/usr/lib/X
> 11/ncd/fonts/pcf/dw100dpi/,/usr/lib/X11/ncd/fonts/pcf/java/
> error-file = /usr/lib/X11/ncd/fs/fs-errors
> # in decipoints
> default-point-size = 120
> default-resolutions = 75,75,100,100
> error-method = file
> 
> Now start the NCD Font server
> /opt/ncd/5.1.140/hostside/Solaris/ncdfs -config /usr/lib/X11/ncd/fs/config
> You may want to put the above command in user_apps.dat
> 
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