* Problem with "xmgrace" graphing software in recent Cygwin installation
@ 2020-07-24 3:00 Bryan VanSchouwen
2020-07-24 5:19 ` Marco Atzeri
0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Bryan VanSchouwen @ 2020-07-24 3:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
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?
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* Re: Problem with "xmgrace" graphing software in recent Cygwin installation
2020-07-24 3:00 Problem with "xmgrace" graphing software in recent Cygwin installation Bryan VanSchouwen
@ 2020-07-24 5:19 ` Marco Atzeri
2020-07-24 7:56 ` Markus Hoenicka
2020-07-24 12:00 ` Ken Brown
0 siblings, 2 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Marco Atzeri @ 2020-07-24 5:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 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
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* Re: Problem with "xmgrace" graphing software in recent Cygwin installation
2020-07-24 5:19 ` Marco Atzeri
@ 2020-07-24 7:56 ` Markus Hoenicka
2020-07-24 12:00 ` Ken Brown
1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Markus Hoenicka @ 2020-07-24 7:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
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
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* Re: Problem with "xmgrace" graphing software in recent Cygwin installation
2020-07-24 5:19 ` Marco Atzeri
2020-07-24 7:56 ` Markus Hoenicka
@ 2020-07-24 12:00 ` Ken Brown
2020-07-24 20:27 ` Marco Atzeri
1 sibling, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Ken Brown @ 2020-07-24 12:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
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
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