Steve Bellovin wrote:

> I've been unable to run AbiWord under 1.5.1b1 with XFree86 4.0.3.  The 
> problem is concerned with adding to the font path.  Here is an extract 
> of the failing command from the AbiWord shell script (though it 
> discards the output from xset).  Any idea what the problem is with xset?
> 
> 
> 138$ xset fp+ $ABISUITE_FONT_HOME
> X Error of failed request:  86
>   Major opcode of failed request:  51 (X_SetFontPath)
>   Serial number of failed request:  9
>   Current serial number in output stream:  11
> b139$ whence xset
> /usr/X11R6/bin/xset
> b140$ ls $ABISUITE_FONT_HOME
> a010013l.afm b018035l.afm c059033l.afm n019024l.pfa n021023l.pfa p052004l.pfa
> a010013l.pfa b018035l.pfa c059033l.pfa n019043l.afm n021024l.afm p052023l.afm
> a010015l.afm bchb.afm     c059036l.afm n019043l.pfa n021024l.pfa p052023l.pfa
> a010015l.pfa bchb.pfa     c059036l.pfa n019044l.afm n022003l.afm p052024l.afm
> a010033l.afm bchbi.afm    d050000l.afm n019044l.pfa n022003l.pfa p052024l.pfa
> a010033l.pfa bchbi.pfa    d050000l.pfa n019063l.afm n022004l.afm s050000l.afm
> a010035l.afm bchr.afm     fonts.dir    n019063l.pfa n022004l.pfa s050000l.pfa
> a010035l.pfa bchr.pfa     n019003l.afm n019064l.afm n022023l.afm z003034l.afm
> b018012l.afm bchri.afm    n019003l.pfa n019064l.pfa n022023l.pfa z003034l.pfa
> b018012l.pfa bchri.pfa    n019004l.afm n021003l.afm n022024l.afm
> b018015l.afm c059013l.afm n019004l.pfa n021003l.pfa n022024l.pfa
> b018015l.pfa c059013l.pfa n019023l.afm n021004l.afm p052003l.afm
> b018032l.afm c059016l.afm n019023l.pfa n021004l.pfa p052003l.pfa
> b018032l.pfa c059016l.pfa n019024l.afm n021023l.afm p052004l.afm
> b141$ echo $ABISUITE_FONT_HOME
> /usr/pkg/share/AbiSuite/fonts

Just a rough stab in the dark - all my font directories have a
fonts.alias file as well as a fonts.dir.  Some of the fonts.alias
files contain just a single line

	FILE_NAMES_ALIASES

Simon.
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