Problem with "xmgrace" graphing software in recent Cygwin installation

Problem with "xmgrace" graphing software in recent Cygwin installation

[Bryan VanSchouwen]

Hello.

I recently installed a copy of the Cygwin software package on my new
Windows 10 laptop.  However, whenever I try to access the "xmgrace"
graphing software (by entering the command "xmgrace &" in the xterm command
shell, as I did on my old Windows 7 laptop), I get the following error
message:

[vansc@LAPTOP-OHN2RCVM ~]$ xmgrace &
[1] 1183
[vansc@LAPTOP-OHN2RCVM ~]$ --> Broken or incomplete installation - read the
FAQ!
[1]    Exit 1                        xmgrace
[vansc@LAPTOP-OHN2RCVM ~]$

I tried reading the FAQ, but it was unhelpful for this particular issue.
Does anyone have any ideas about why this might be happening??  Also, if it
is an incomplete installation, then does anyone know what set of Cygwin
utilities I need to install to obtain a fully-functioning copy of the
"xmgrace" graphing software?

Re: Problem with "xmgrace" graphing software in recent Cygwin installation

[Marco Atzeri]

On 24.07.2020 05:00, Bryan VanSchouwen via Cygwin wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> I recently installed a copy of the Cygwin software package on my new
> Windows 10 laptop.  However, whenever I try to access the "xmgrace"
> graphing software (by entering the command "xmgrace &" in the xterm command
> shell, as I did on my old Windows 7 laptop), I get the following error
> message:
> 
> [vansc@LAPTOP-OHN2RCVM ~]$ xmgrace &
> [1] 1183
> [vansc@LAPTOP-OHN2RCVM ~]$ --> Broken or incomplete installation - read the
> FAQ!
> [1]    Exit 1                        xmgrace
> [vansc@LAPTOP-OHN2RCVM ~]$

> 
> I tried reading the FAQ, but it was unhelpful for this particular issue.
> Does anyone have any ideas about why this might be happening??  Also, if it
> is an incomplete installation, then does anyone know what set of Cygwin
> utilities I need to install to obtain a fully-functioning copy of the
> "xmgrace" graphing software?

there is an entry about Fonts, and

a strace output shows that xmgrace is looking for type1 fonts on



   /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts

   /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1



in the past ghostscript provided them, but not anymore,
so I *guess* you need this workaround


install "urw-base35-fonts-legacy" package

$ cd  /usr/share/grace/fonts/
$ ln -s /usr/share/X11/fonts/urw-fonts type1


the fonts looked by xgrace are :

/usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/d050000l.pfa
/usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n019003l.pfa
/usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n019004l.pfa
/usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n019023l.pfa
/usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n019024l.pfa
/usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n021003l.pfa
/usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n021004l.pfa
/usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n021023l.pfa
/usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n021024l.pfa
/usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n022003l.pfa
/usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n022004l.pfa
/usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n022023l.pfa
/usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n022024l.pfa
/usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/s050000l.pfa

and their pfb counterpart.

Regards
Marco

Re: Problem with "xmgrace" graphing software in recent Cygwin installation

[Markus Hoenicka]

Am 2020-07-24 07:19, schrieb Marco Atzeri via Cygwin:
> On 24.07.2020 05:00, Bryan VanSchouwen via Cygwin wrote:
>> Hello.
>> 
>> I recently installed a copy of the Cygwin software package on my new
>> Windows 10 laptop.  However, whenever I try to access the "xmgrace"
>> graphing software (by entering the command "xmgrace &" in the xterm 
>> command
>> shell, as I did on my old Windows 7 laptop), I get the following error
>> message:
>> 
>> [vansc@LAPTOP-OHN2RCVM ~]$ xmgrace &
>> [1] 1183
>> [vansc@LAPTOP-OHN2RCVM ~]$ --> Broken or incomplete installation - 
>> read the
>> FAQ!
>> [1]    Exit 1                        xmgrace
>> [vansc@LAPTOP-OHN2RCVM ~]$
> 
>> 
>> I tried reading the FAQ, but it was unhelpful for this particular 
>> issue.
>> Does anyone have any ideas about why this might be happening??  Also, 
>> if it
>> is an incomplete installation, then does anyone know what set of 
>> Cygwin
>> utilities I need to install to obtain a fully-functioning copy of the
>> "xmgrace" graphing software?
> 
> there is an entry about Fonts, and
> 
> a strace output shows that xmgrace is looking for type1 fonts on
> 
> 
> 
>   /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts
> 
>   /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1
> 
> 
> 
> in the past ghostscript provided them, but not anymore,
> so I *guess* you need this workaround
> 
> 
> install "urw-base35-fonts-legacy" package
> 
> $ cd  /usr/share/grace/fonts/
> $ ln -s /usr/share/X11/fonts/urw-fonts type1
> 
> 
> the fonts looked by xgrace are :
> 
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/d050000l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n019003l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n019004l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n019023l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n019024l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n021003l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n021004l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n021023l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n021024l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n022003l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n022004l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n022023l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n022024l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/s050000l.pfa
> 
> and their pfb counterpart.
> 
> Regards
> Marco

Hi,

I ran into this problem yesterday, but I had to ask our IT service for 
admin permissions before I could fiddle with my installation. Therefore 
your answer (and the OP's question) came in faster than I could even 
ask. This is just to confirm that your suggested changes fixed the 
problem here. Would it make sense to add a dependency on the fonts to 
the grace package?

regards,
Markus

-- 
Markus Hoenicka
http://www.mhoenicka.de
AQ score 38

Re: Problem with "xmgrace" graphing software in recent Cygwin installation

[Ken Brown]

On 7/24/2020 1:19 AM, Marco Atzeri via Cygwin wrote:
> On 24.07.2020 05:00, Bryan VanSchouwen via Cygwin wrote:
>> Hello.
>>
>> I recently installed a copy of the Cygwin software package on my new
>> Windows 10 laptop.  However, whenever I try to access the "xmgrace"
>> graphing software (by entering the command "xmgrace &" in the xterm command
>> shell, as I did on my old Windows 7 laptop), I get the following error
>> message:
>>
>> [vansc@LAPTOP-OHN2RCVM ~]$ xmgrace &
>> [1] 1183
>> [vansc@LAPTOP-OHN2RCVM ~]$ --> Broken or incomplete installation - read the
>> FAQ!
>> [1]    Exit 1                        xmgrace
>> [vansc@LAPTOP-OHN2RCVM ~]$
> 
>>
>> I tried reading the FAQ, but it was unhelpful for this particular issue.
>> Does anyone have any ideas about why this might be happening??  Also, if it
>> is an incomplete installation, then does anyone know what set of Cygwin
>> utilities I need to install to obtain a fully-functioning copy of the
>> "xmgrace" graphing software?
> 
> there is an entry about Fonts, and
> 
> a strace output shows that xmgrace is looking for type1 fonts on
> 
> 
> 
>    /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts
> 
>    /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1
> 
> 
> 
> in the past ghostscript provided them, but not anymore,
> so I *guess* you need this workaround
> 
> 
> install "urw-base35-fonts-legacy" package
> 
> $ cd  /usr/share/grace/fonts/
> $ ln -s /usr/share/X11/fonts/urw-fonts type1
> 
> 
> the fonts looked by xgrace are :
> 
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/d050000l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n019003l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n019004l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n019023l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n019024l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n021003l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n021004l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n021023l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n021024l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n022003l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n022004l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n022023l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/n022024l.pfa
> /usr/share/grace/fonts/type1/s050000l.pfa
> 
> and their pfb counterpart.

This problem was reported 2 1/2 years ago, and its solution was posted here:

   https://sourceware.org/pipermail/cygwin/2018-March/236345.html

The problem and solution have been rediscovered several times since then.  Maybe 
one of the xmgrace users who has reported this would be willing to adopt the 
grace package and finally fix it.

Ken

Re: Problem with "xmgrace" graphing software in recent Cygwin installation

[Marco Atzeri]

On 24.07.2020 14:00, Ken Brown via Cygwin wrote:
> 
> This problem was reported 2 1/2 years ago, and its solution was posted 
> here:
> 
>    https://sourceware.org/pipermail/cygwin/2018-March/236345.html
> 
> The problem and solution have been rediscovered several times since 
> then.  Maybe one of the xmgrace users who has reported this would be 
> willing to adopt the grace package and finally fix it.
> 
> Ken


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