Joel Uckelman wrote:
> There was a post in May that was not replied to concerning the RedHat 9
> RPM for 1.3.2 and a 'bad font path element' error generated by xset:
>
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=lyx-users&m=105292758407099&w=2
>
> A search of the list archives turn up nothing else that I can see. Has
> anyone determined a fix for this problem yet? Is anyone else using the
> 1.3.2 RPM on RedHat? Successfully?
I sucessfully use RH9 with CVS lyx. No idea on 1.3.2.
> Whenever I enter math mode, I get the following message in my terminal:
>
> Adding /usr/share/lyx/xfonts/ to the font path.
> xset: bad font path element (#72), possible causes are:
> Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions
> Directory missing fonts.dir
> Incorrect font server address or syntax
> Unable to add font path.
RH9 has a strange font management system. You'll have to add
<dir>/usr/share/lyx/xfonts/</dir>
to /etc/fonts/font.conf
and restart the font server.
Please let me know if this works.
Regards, Alfredo
