20000114: Problem with Nsharp on PC using XWin32

Chris,

The fonts used for various widgets in Nsharp are defined in 
$NAWIPS/resource/Nsharp
along with data directories etc. There are also 2 routines:
show_text.c and acars_status.c that have font names hardcoded in for popup
text display (doesn't sound like you are getting that far) so it probably
starts with the fonts named in the resource file..

The XLoadQueryFont is supposed to return NULL if the font doesn't exist, but
it sounds like that isn't being the case in your X client. The diagnostic:
DIAGNOSTICS
     BadAlloc  The server failed to allocate the requested
               resource or server memory.

     BadFont   A value for a Font or GContext argument does not
               name a defined Font.

     BadName   A font or color of the specified name does not
               exist.

Sounds like they aren't properly handling the situation.
You might have to pick another font.

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User SUpport



>From: "C. Vandersip" <address@hidden>
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>Keywords: 200001141912.MAA15258

>Steve,
>
>We're having a problem getting Nsharp to diplay on a Windows95 PC using
>Xwin32.  All other ntl programs display fine.  Here is the error:
>
>X Error of failed request:  BadName (named color or font does not exist)
>  Major opcode of failed request:  45 (X_OpenFont)
>  Serial number of failed request:  896
>  Current serial number in output stream:  898
>
>I've seen this question asked in the archives (with no response):
>
>**************************************
>Subject: 
>Garp Question
>Date: 
>Tue, 09 Feb 1999 10:34:42 -0800
>From: 
>Brian Brong <address@hidden>
>Organization: 
>To: address@hidden
>
>Hello  Support,
>
>My name is Brian Brong and I'm a graduate student at the University of
>Nevada @ Reno.
>
>We've installed N-AWIPS/GEMPAK 5.4 on a Silicon Graphics Machine with
>IRIX 6.5.  We have no problems starting GARP, our problems occur when we
>display data (surface obs., gridded data,  etc.) GARP crashes and we get
>the following error message.
>
>fire:~ 29 > graphic, satellite, radar -- 33 128 16
> Invoke ... /opt/nawips-5.4/bin/irix/garp G A R P - v2.01 starting...
>X Error of failed request:  BadName (named color or font does not exist)
>
>  Major opcode of failed request:  45 (X_OpenFont)
>  Serial number of failed request:  4671
>  Current serial number in output stream:  4673
>
>Do you have any ideas as to how this error is occurring?
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>
>
>Not exactly the same situation, but same error.  Are add'l colors/fonts
>used in nsharp the PC might not recognize that are not used in the other
>programs?  Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Chris
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