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RE: Problem with Solaris
- From: Matthew dot Codd at sita dot int
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 15:49:05 +0000
- Subject: RE: Problem with Solaris
I've tried this and it's solved my problem too.
Thanks David
Matthew
"Dawson, David W"
<david.w.dawson@lm To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
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Sent by: Subject: RE: Problem with Solaris
cygwin-xfree-owner
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28/03/02 13:23
>*My* problem in this situation turned out to be that the XDMCP session
from
>Solaris needed Solaris fonts which are not available by default on
>Cygwin/XFree86.
>
>I solved my problem by having my XWin use the font server on the Solaris
>box:
> XWin -from "$MyPC" -query "$SolarisBox" -fp
tcp/$SolarisBox:7100 &
>
>Alternatively, there are publicly-available font conversion programs which
>would allow you to convert the Solaris fonts into Cygwin/XFree86 fonts and
>install them on your PC. This is not nearly as easy as using a font
server,
>however.
>
> -D.
>---------------------
>David Dawson
>david.w.dawson@lmco.com.
>703-367-3885
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