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From: mouse@lightning.mcrcim.mcgill.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re:  ET++ and X fonts
Message-ID: <9103020153.AA05587@lightning.McRCIM.McGill.EDU>
Date: 2 Mar 91 01:53:52 GMT
Sender: daemon@athena.mit.edu (Mr Background)
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> I have just built version 2.2 of ET++ for use under X.  Things go
> fine until I attempt to include the ET++ fonts directory in my font
> path.  I get the following results:

> xset +fp /usr/lib/X11/fonts/et
> X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
>   Major opcode of failed request:  51 (X_SetFontPath)
>   Minor opcode of failed request:  0
>   Resource id in failed request:  0x0

> Debugging xset shows the error to occur in XCloseDisplay.

Or rather, that's where it's noticed.  X is asynchronous, remember.

> Before I have to start debugging Xlib, has anyone any idea about the
> above error message?

Debugging Xlib is almost certainly useless; this error is being
detected by the server.  Were I to take a guess, I would say that
either (a) you haven't (re)run mkfontdir in the directory for the new
fonts or (b) you've forgotten that font directories must be paths *as
seen by the server* (whether clients can access the font directory
makes no difference).

					der Mouse

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