xset command on Ubuntu 14.04lts fails

[jhetrick62]

I need to use the xset command to add a remote server directory for use in redirecting my pharmacy system software correctly.

I have run this on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS for 3 years and tested this again, so the issue isn't the remote server, it is the Ubuntu 14.04 LTS build.

On 12.04 I can run the following code:


xset +fp tcp/10.100.0.254:7100

It works fine and when running
xset q
to review my settings, it has added the remote server properly. After that I run

ssh -X user@10.100.0.254
and have no issues, it tunnels the X screen back and it is proper.

On Ubuntu 14.04 LTS when I run the EXACT SAME xset command I get the following error, so there must be a permission issue with adding it to the x server on the 14.04, but I can't see it anywhere when I review the X files.

Error gotten:

jhetrick@ms0419-rph:~$ xset +fp tcp/10.100.0.254:7100
xset: bad font path element (#0), possible causes are:
Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions
Directory missing fonts.dir
Incorrect font server address or syntax


Then I check the settings with
xset q and sure enough, the setting was NOT added!

What has changed and/or what permissions need to be updated on the 14.04 LTS system? Again, it works fine on 12.04 LTS.

Thank you!

[steeldriver]

Hmm... don't have any experience with fontservers, however if I was trying to diagnose this on my own network probably the first thing I'd try to check is basic connectivity to the port e.g. using telnet



telnet 10.100.0.254 7100

[jhetrick62]

Yes, I can telnet into the server. That is not the issue. FInd this entire thing a problem as it has worked for 3 years, so now I dare not update the original boxes.