questions about xset

[m.roth at 5-cent.us]

Doll, Margaret Ann wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 12:43 PM, Nigel Wade <nmw at ion.le.ac.uk> wrote:
>> On 26/10/11 16:51, Doll, Margaret Ann wrote:
>> > I would like to add the mathematica fonts to the xls path on the head
>> node,
>> > but that is where I am still having the problem.
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>> On the client, the machine with the X server, check the font
>
>  server is accessible:
>
> This is where it falls apart.  ted is the head node
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> Then from the Mac:
>
>  xfsinfo -server ted:7100
> xfsinfo:  unable to open server "ted:7100"
> gc166-mad:~ mad$ xfsinfo -server ted.hetchem.brown.edu:7100
> xfsinfo:  unable to open server "ted.hetchem.brown.edu:7100"
>
> I  modified the iptables to allow tcp for input and forward on eth1; eth1
> is the connection from the head node to the outside.
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Hmmm... can you try telneting from your Mac to ted, port 7100?

         mark