> > Also xlsfonts keeps giving me an error "unable to open display ''". Man > doesn't help as no examples. Don't know if this is relevant to your HOWTO > update. >
IMHO, this is not relevant to the HOWTO. We cannot provide support for people who can't get XFree86 to work properly on their systems... that's just going a bit too far. xlsfonts is a part of XFree86 (or whichever X11 server you're running, but XFree86 is the one that comes with Linux, *BSD, etc etc) It connects to your X server and determines what fonts it will display, and prints them out. The error your receiving means that it can't connect to your X server. Most likely, you're using ssh/telnet to run this on a different system, rather than doing it on your local system. If you are doing it on your local system, then X must not be running? You could try setting the DISPLAY env variable to the host you want to query, such as 127.0.0.1:0.0 that will tell xlsfonts (and other software writing for X11) which server & display you want to query the fonts from. > > Also, Section 5 Using Fonts (5.2) mentions a .Xdefaults file. > > 2) Does this also go in each users home directory? Tried this (user home > dir) with: > > xt5250*Font : 7x13 > > with no change. Yes, that should be in your home directory. But, if you're not running X, in won't help you much :) > > 3) What other (besides 7x13) might be used. > > I am a newbe trying to get a larger font displayed under a 1024x768 desktop > (RH8). 800x600 is not an option (per user). 8-( That's what xlsfonts will tell you. :) _______________________________________________ This is the Linux 5250 Development Project (LINUX5250) mailing list To post a message email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/linux5250 or email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/linux5250.
