[vwnc] Problem installing VWNC 7.6 on Ubuntu 7.10 (32 bit)

> wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> I tried something else by installing Suse Linux and got the same
> >>> problem while trying to install VW.
> >>>
> >>> My new compturer is a HP Slimware (amd 64 -dual core).
> >>>
> >>> I think the problem it is hardware because on my old Pentium 4,
> same
> >>> Ubuntu version I was able to install easily. Except that I cannot
> set
> >>> the VISUALWORK env. variable.
> >>>
> >>> Michel
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 7/7/08, Alan Knight <[hidden email]> wrote:
> >>>> The xset fp rehash should not be necessary any more. This was a
> bug with
> >>the
> >>>> window manager messing up the font path. It has supposedly been
> fixed in
> >>>> more recent versions of the window manager, and the thing that
> VisualWorks
> >>>> was doing that caused it to manifest is no longer done in 7.6.

> >>startup,
> >>>> finding system fonts to match the fonts that it was saved with,
> and then
> >>>> later in startup throwing them away and getting fonts more
> appropriate to
> >>>> the system it's now running on).
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> At 04:35 AM 7/7/2008, Steven Kelly wrote:
> >>>> We have a couple of cases on Ubuntu where our VW 7.4.1 app hasn't
> worked
> >>>> even with xset fp rehash. The problem then has apparently been
> that
> >>>> Ubuntu's fonts were messed up in some way: when VW asks, Ubuntu
> says it
> >>>> has an Adobe Helvetica font, but when VW tries to get that font
> Ubuntu
> >>>> says it doesn't exist. In both cases, installing the Ghostscript
> fonts
> >>>> and aliases cured the problem:
> >>>>
> >>>> sudo apt-get install gsfonts-x11
> >>>>
> >>>> HTH,
> >>>> Steve
> >>>>
> >
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> 2008/9/30 Andrey Larionov <[hidden email]>
>>
>> Yes, i'm sure. Only if Cincom distribute it on 7.6 ISO image. And by
>> NET installer :)
>> Nobody uses VW on Linux?
>
> Yes, I use VW in Ubuntu 7.10. And I had no problem with the installation,
> but I didn't use the net installer.
> What did I do?:
> 1) I mount the iso,
> 2) then I copy all files to an specific folder (ie:
> /home/lautaro/CincomCD/),
> 3) give them permissions as 777,
> 4) to finally run the script.
>
> I recommend you not to use folder with spaces like: '/home/lautaro/some
> folder/Cincom', although I don't know if this is your case. (It brought me
> some problems to run my images)
>
> This 4 steps has always been successful for me.
> Hope this helps you.
>
> Bye
> Lautaro
>
> PS: sorry Andrey Larinov for the double email.
> --
> Luke LAut SkyFernadezWalker
>

> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 18:26, Lautaro Fernández <[hidden email]>
> wrote:
> > 2008/9/30 Andrey Larionov <[hidden email]>
> >>
> >> Yes, i'm sure. Only if Cincom distribute it on 7.6 ISO image. And by
> >> NET installer :)
> >> Nobody uses VW on Linux?
> >
> > Yes, I use VW in Ubuntu 7.10. And I had no problem with the
> installation,
> > but I didn't use the net installer.
> > What did I do?:
> > 1) I mount the iso,
> > 2) then I copy all files to an specific folder (ie:
> > /home/lautaro/CincomCD/),
> > 3) give them permissions as 777,
> > 4) to finally run the script.
> >
> > I recommend you not to use folder with spaces like:
> '/home/lautaro/some
> > folder/Cincom', although I don't know if this is your case. (It
> brought me
> > some problems to run my images)
> >
> > This 4 steps has always been successful for me.
> > Hope this helps you.
> >
> > Bye
> > Lautaro
> >
> > PS: sorry Andrey Larinov for the double email.
> > --
> > Luke LAut SkyFernadezWalker
> >
>
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> You can check you have the -adobe-helvetica fonts by looking at the output of xlsfonts. However, Ubuntu 7.10 can get into a situation where it claims to have the font, but then refuses to supply it to VW. See the earlier conversation:
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.smalltalk.vwnc/14475/focus=14492
>
> If you haven't already, it's thus worth trying the following line even if xlsfonts claims the font is available:
>
> sudo apt-get install gsfonts-x11
>
> I suspect this is all part of the interconnected set of bugs in Ubuntu reported by Pete Hatch: http://launchpad.net/bugs/52163
>
> HTH,
> Steve
>
> Andrey Larionov wrote:
>> Okey, I'll try all sugesstions, but can anybody explain something
>> about Helvetica. Where can i get it?
>
>> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 18:26, Lautaro Fernández <[hidden email]>
>> wrote:
>> > 2008/9/30 Andrey Larionov <[hidden email]>
>> >>
>> >> Yes, i'm sure. Only if Cincom distribute it on 7.6 ISO image. And by
>> >> NET installer :)
>> >> Nobody uses VW on Linux?
>> >
>> > Yes, I use VW in Ubuntu 7.10. And I had no problem with the
>> installation,
>> > but I didn't use the net installer.
>> > What did I do?:
>> > 1) I mount the iso,
>> > 2) then I copy all files to an specific folder (ie:
>> > /home/lautaro/CincomCD/),
>> > 3) give them permissions as 777,
>> > 4) to finally run the script.
>> >
>> > I recommend you not to use folder with spaces like:
>> '/home/lautaro/some
>> > folder/Cincom', although I don't know if this is your case. (It
>> brought me
>> > some problems to run my images)
>> >
>> > This 4 steps has always been successful for me.
>> > Hope this helps you.
>> >
>> > Bye
>> > Lautaro
>> >
>> > PS: sorry Andrey Larinov for the double email.
>> > --
>> > Luke LAut SkyFernadezWalker
>> >
>>
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