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Remote font server etc.You may assume that you have a problem of this sort if the command xset fp+ gives an error message similar to this:X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation) Major opcode of failed request: 51 (X_SetFontPath) Value in failed request: 0x8 Serial number of failed request: 8 Current serial number in output stream: 10 Basically this means that the machine you gave the command to could not add the font specification found in the current directory to the server for the display you are using. Assuming that mkfontdir ran without problems and created the necessary files, this message usually occurs when the machine controlling the display and the one you are issuing commands to are different. This generally happens when you are on an Xterm (including rlogin/telnet sessions from remote hosts) or when your console's X server is using a remote font server for its fonts.
The hardest part of the installation in the above cases may be to convince the sysadmin to give 10 minutes of his/her time, because many sysadmins may not understand what the fuss is all about. Your sysadmin need only create a directory on the filesystem where you put the bdf (or pcf) files so that they become visible to the font server. Then you follow the same steps as in the general instructions:
mkfontdir xset fp+ remote-font-server-directory xset fp rehash
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