[xwiki-users] remote installation problem with font display
Hi, I'm trying to install XWiki in the following way: I have a headless CentOS running on the cloud and a Macbook with SSH tunneling to the cloud machine. Because I'm new to setting up XWiki (or any wiki), I thought I'd try the Java installation first before attempting to set up all the pieces at once.
From my terminal window on the Macbook, I enter java -jar xwiki-enterprise-installer-generic-2.7.1-standard.jar
and after a short wait, the install dialog box pops up in the Mac's X11 application. The problem is that I can't read the font that's displayed. I'm attaching a screen shot, but in case that doesn't come through, it looks like the font is in some cursive or handwritten italic font, but only bits and pieces of each letter are visible. Sometimes I can guess what's being displayed, but mostly I can't read it at all. I've tried a trick I read about to increase the number of colors output by X11, but that didn't do anything. I suspect it's something with lacking a specific font, but I don't know what. Any suggestions?
On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 1:13 AM, Christopher Idryo <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi, I'm trying to install XWiki in the following way: I have a headless CentOS running on the cloud and a Macbook with SSH tunneling to the cloud machine. Because I'm new to setting up XWiki (or any wiki), I thought I'd try the Java installation first before attempting to set up all the pieces at once.
I'd suggest trying it on a local vm running in Virtualbox/Parrallels on your macbook at first,and then just installing it under tomcat on the Centos box. Getting it running on a headless Ubuntu box took me about 2 hours the first time, but after I had gone through it about 5 times it only took me a few minutes for the final one before putting it into production. The steps of getting more familiar with the install routine on each time I went through it were well worth it.
That sounds good - I'll try that. Still, any ideas about the font issue? (Though, maybe after a couple local installs I'll feel confident enough to skip the .jar and install it directly.) On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 11:59 PM, shouldbe q931 <[email protected]>wrote:
On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 1:13 AM, Christopher Idryo <[email protected]>wrote:
Hi, I'm trying to install XWiki in the following way: I have a headless CentOS running on the cloud and a Macbook with SSH tunneling to the cloud machine. Because I'm new to setting up XWiki (or any wiki), I thought I'd try the Java installation first before attempting to set up all the pieces at once.
I'd suggest trying it on a local vm running in Virtualbox/Parrallels on your macbook at first,and then just installing it under tomcat on the Centos box. Getting it running on a headless Ubuntu box took me about 2 hours the first time, but after I had gone through it about 5 times it only took me a few minutes for the final one before putting it into production. The steps of getting more familiar with the install routine on each time I went through it were well worth it.
On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Christopher Idryo <[email protected]> wrote:
That sounds good - I'll try that. Still, any ideas about the font issue? (Though, maybe after a couple local installs I'll feel confident enough to skip the .jar and install it directly.)
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 11:59 PM, shouldbe q931 <[email protected]>wrote:
On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 1:13 AM, Christopher Idryo <[email protected]>wrote:
Hi, I'm trying to install XWiki in the following way: I have a headless CentOS running on the cloud and a Macbook with SSH tunneling to the cloud machine. Because I'm new to setting up XWiki (or any wiki), I thought I'd try the Java installation first before attempting to set up all the pieces at once.
I'd suggest trying it on a local vm running in Virtualbox/Parrallels on your macbook at first,and then just installing it under tomcat on the Centos box. Getting it running on a headless Ubuntu box took me about 2 hours the first time, but after I had gone through it about 5 times it only took me a few minutes for the final one before putting it into production. The steps of getting more familiar with the install routine on each time I went through it were well worth it.
I've only done the Tomcat deployment, but I would guess that there are several Centos "default" fonts that are being "badly" substituted on your macbook.
The .war deployment really isn't difficult, the only "interesting" bit that I had was the database configuration
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