[SOLVED] Fontconfig problem with Mathematica 8

VisionIncision · 10-10-2012, 08:33 PM

Hi all,
So I downloaded a trial version of Mathematica 8, and cannot get it to work on Slackware64 14.00. I am sure its font related as GNUPlot also moans about font issues.

When trying to start Mathematica from the terminal:-

Code:

mktemp: cannot create temp file /tmp/fontsXXXXX: Invalid argument
/usr/local/bin/mathematica: line 218: ${TMP_FONTCONFIG_FILE}: ambiguous redirect
Fontconfig warning: no <cachedir> elements found. Check configuration.
Fontconfig warning: adding <cachedir>/var/cache/fontconfig</cachedir>
Fontconfig warning: adding <cachedir>~/.fontconfig</cachedir>

Any insight would be great.

guanx · 10-11-2012, 04:40 AM

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Originally Posted by VisionIncision

Hi all,
So I downloaded a trial version of Mathematica 8, and cannot get it to work on Slackware64 14.00. I am sure its font related as GNUPlot also moans about font issues.

Probably that's a different problem. For gnuplot you can use the full path to a font file to specify a font.

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Originally Posted by VisionIncision

When trying to start Mathematica from the terminal:-

Code:

mktemp: cannot create temp file /tmp/fontsXXXXX: Invalid argument
/usr/local/bin/mathematica: line 218: ${TMP_FONTCONFIG_FILE}: ambiguous redirect
Fontconfig warning: no <cachedir> elements found. Check configuration.
Fontconfig warning: adding <cachedir>/var/cache/fontconfig</cachedir>
Fontconfig warning: adding <cachedir>~/.fontconfig</cachedir>

Any insight would be great.

It may be helpful to insert a "set -x" (without quotes) to the beginning of the script "/usr/local/bin/mathematica".

VisionIncision · 10-12-2012, 04:05 AM

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Originally Posted by guanx

Probably that's a different problem. For gnuplot you can use the full path to a font file to specify a font.

It may be helpful to insert a "set -x" (without quotes) to the beginning of the script "/usr/local/bin/mathematica".

Unfortunately, nothing happens. Thanks anyway.

Petri Kaukasoina · 10-12-2012, 04:11 AM

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Originally Posted by VisionIncision

Code:

mktemp: cannot create temp file /tmp/fontsXXXXX: Invalid argument

There seems to be a mistake in that script: one X is missing. Look for 'mktemp /tmp/fontsXXXXX' and add the sixth X to that.

guanx · 10-12-2012, 04:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Petri Kaukasoina

There seems to be a mistake in that script: one X is missing. Look for 'mktemp /tmp/fontsXXXXX' and add the sixth X to that.

Very sharp eyes!

Quote:

Originally Posted by VisionIncision

Unfortunately, nothing happens. Thanks anyway.

In *nix if "nothing happens" then everything is successful.

ponce · 10-12-2012, 04:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Petri Kaukasoina

There seems to be a mistake in that script: one X is missing. Look for 'mktemp /tmp/fontsXXXXX' and add the sixth X to that.

yupz, looks like an error in Mathematica's launch scripts: changing that in line 202 of the Mathematica one fixed launching it here.

VisionIncision · 10-16-2012, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by ponce

yupz, looks like an error in Mathematica's launch scripts: changing that in line 202 of the Mathematica one fixed launching it here.

Sorry, I know its been a while, but BRILLIANT!!!!

Thank you.