Comments on: A note on running mathematica remotely using Xming http://www.tangentspace.net/cz/archives/2007/07/a-note-on-running-mathematica-remotely-using-xming/ somewhere near the beginning. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:31:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Stephen http://www.tangentspace.net/cz/archives/2007/07/a-note-on-running-mathematica-remotely-using-xming/#comment-379906 Stephen Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:55:00 +0000 http://www.tangentspace.net/cz/archives/2007/07/a-note-on-running-mathematica-remotely-using-xming#comment-379906 So, my answer was on the mathematica website, but I didn't see it at first because they had so much other unnecessary info. It's basically the same as your Windows stuff. Here's what I do: The setup: the server I run Mathematica off of has its fonts in a certain location. My local machine's fonts are in a different location (in this case, I did a local user install of Mathematica 6, so my local machine's Mathematica base directory is MATHBASE=~/mathematica; you don't need a full Mathematica install, because they will also provide the font file -- see link at end). I run these commands (or put them into a script): >> xset fp+ MATHBASE/SystemFiles/Fonts/Type1/ >> xset fp+ MATHBASE/SystemFiles/Fonts/BDF/ >> xset fp rehash where MATHBASE is wherever Mathematica or the Font Files are installed. I'm not even sure if the rehash is necessary. Alternatively, a sysadmin suggestesd to me that you can set up symbolic links on your local computer that point from the (non-existent) remote-computer's font files to your computer's actual font files, but again, this probably requires root access since the the remote-computer's font files should not be in a user-writable location. References: http://support.wolfram.com/mathematica/systems/linux/general/fonterrors.en.html and http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/tutorial/FontsOnUnixAndLinux.html So, my answer was on the mathematica website, but I didn’t see it at first because they had so much other unnecessary info. It’s basically the same as your Windows stuff. Here’s what I do:

The setup: the server I run Mathematica off of has its fonts in a certain location. My local machine’s fonts are in a different location (in this case, I did a local user install of Mathematica 6, so my local machine’s Mathematica base directory is MATHBASE=~/mathematica; you don’t need a full Mathematica install, because they will also provide the font file — see link at end).

I run these commands (or put them into a script):
>> xset fp+ MATHBASE/SystemFiles/Fonts/Type1/
>> xset fp+ MATHBASE/SystemFiles/Fonts/BDF/
>> xset fp rehash

where MATHBASE is wherever Mathematica or the Font Files are installed.

I’m not even sure if the rehash is necessary. Alternatively, a sysadmin suggestesd to me that you can set up symbolic links on your local computer that point from the (non-existent) remote-computer’s font files to your computer’s actual font files, but again, this probably requires root access since the the remote-computer’s font files should not be in a user-writable location.

References:
http://support.wolfram.com/mathematica/systems/linux/general/fonterrors.en.html
and
http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/tutorial/FontsOnUnixAndLinux.html

]]> By: Alex http://www.tangentspace.net/cz/archives/2007/07/a-note-on-running-mathematica-remotely-using-xming/#comment-337842 Alex Mon, 05 May 2008 05:04:01 +0000 http://www.tangentspace.net/cz/archives/2007/07/a-note-on-running-mathematica-remotely-using-xming#comment-337842 It'd be *cool* if you weren't a hater. It’d be *cool* if you weren’t a hater.

]]> By: Firestone 214 http://www.tangentspace.net/cz/archives/2007/07/a-note-on-running-mathematica-remotely-using-xming/#comment-336221 Firestone 214 Fri, 02 May 2008 21:55:43 +0000 http://www.tangentspace.net/cz/archives/2007/07/a-note-on-running-mathematica-remotely-using-xming#comment-336221 Yes, but it'd be *cool* if you could tell me how to do this on a linux box that I don't have root access too, e.g. library computers. Of course, if I had root access, google gives me dozens of pages describing what to do... Yes, but it’d be *cool* if you could tell me how to do this on a linux box that I don’t have root access too, e.g. library computers. Of course, if I had root access, google gives me dozens of pages describing what to do…

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.tangentspace.net/cz/archives/2007/07/a-note-on-running-mathematica-remotely-using-xming/#comment-191699 Anonymous Mon, 13 Aug 2007 03:25:58 +0000 http://www.tangentspace.net/cz/archives/2007/07/a-note-on-running-mathematica-remotely-using-xming#comment-191699 great notes, thank you! great notes, thank you!

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