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[GEMPAK #ODW-587066]: nmap 2 problem with GEMPAK 5.11.1, 5.10.4 and Fedora Core 8.

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  • Subject: [GEMPAK #ODW-587066]: nmap 2 problem with GEMPAK 5.11.1, 5.10.4 and Fedora Core 8.
  • Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 09:09:38 -0600
Hi Samuel,

re:
> Believe it or not, I did look at the mail archives from January, 2000,
> however I didn't think it applied to me.

Yea, it is sometimes difficult to see how a problem reported by someone else
is pertinent -- been there, done that :-)

> I'm running Fedora Core directly from the console, so the MS fonts
> weren't a problem,

I had to ask...

> and Fedora 8 runs Gnome as the stock installed default,

I believe that this is optional.  Many sites prefer KDE.

> but it was pretty obvious (after your comments, and reading the error
> more closely) that I needed the ISO8859-1-75DPI font package installed.

Very good.

> I guess I panicked when I saw 'Major opcode failed...'
> 
> The fonts don't come installed by default with Fedora Core 8, so they
> have to be specified.  Sorry for the oversight on my part.

No worries.

> Nmap2 works great now.

Excellent!

> Thanks again for your help, you definitely know your stuff.

Thanks for the kind words!

Cheers,

Tom
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: ODW-587066
Department: Support GEMPAK
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed