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M1 DESIGN MANAGER: Wind/U Error (188): Cannot load font set from specification: -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal-*-14-*
Record #2565
Product Family: Software
Product Line: M1 Graphical/General
Product Part: Design Manager
Product Version: 1.5i
Problem Title:
M1 DESIGN MANAGER: Wind/U Error (188): Cannot load font set from specification:
-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal-*-14-*
Problem Description:
Urgency: HOT
General Description:
Invoking the M1 Design Manager or Dynatext document reader may
give the following error on SunOS systems and systems running
Openwindows or CDE:
"Wind/U Error (188): Cannot load font set from specification: -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal-*-1
4-*
This prevents the Design Manager from starting up
successfully.
Although this problem is not completely understood, it has
been found that several different actions may be tried to
make the problem go away.
Solution 1:
Try setting the XNLSPATH to the location of the X11 NLS path location:
Example: setenv XNLSPATH /tools/X11R5/usr/lib/X11/nls
Solution 2:
If there is an LC_TYPE or LANG variable defined in your .cshrc
or setup file, try unsetting it:
unsetenv LC_TYPE
unsetenv LANG
Solution 3:
Try removing the .WindU directory in your home directory.
End of Record #2565 - Last Modified: 06/09/99 14:14 | 
