[esp-r] Re: Font error when installing Esp-r development branch r9524 in Ubuntu 12.04LTS

[Marco Manzan]

In data giovedì 7 novembre 2013 15:52:12, Dimitrios Sfakianakis ha scritto:
> Dear list,
> 
> I installed the Esp-r development branch revision 9524 in an Ubuntu 12.04
> LTS machine (X11 graphics) however when I try to invoke the project manager
> I get the following error:
> 
> Display :0.0 doesn’t know font -*helvetica-medium-r*…….
> 
> I tried installing several free ttf fonts from the software center however
> that did not solve my problem. Any ideas how to fix my problem?
> 
> I had a similar problem in the past, however at that time 'lucida' fonts
> with a length of 39 chars was used and my problem was solved when I
> replaced 'lucida' with 'helvetica' and '39' with '42'. As I see in r9524,
> 'helvetica' and '42' are now defaults in /lib/esru_x.c.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Dimitrios Sfakianakis MEng
> Research Assistant, Dept. Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering,
> University of Strathclyde Kelvin Hydrodynamics Laboratory, Acre Road,
> Glasgow, G20 0TL
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dear Dimitros

try following the suggestions of the following link

 http://root.cern.ch/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=12627

 in particular the last post referring to Ubuntu 12.04

Marco
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