Compile the below testcase on Solaris 8 and use the C locale
throughout. Assume this host is called sol_host. The below
problem happens on the following java versions:

skywalker$ ./java -fullversion
java full version "1.3.1-b24"
skywalker$
skywalker$ ./java -fullversion
java full version "Solaris_JDK_1.2.2_05a"
skywalker$
skywalker$ ./java -fullversion
java full version "1.4.0-beta2-b77"
skywalker$


--- Test.java ---
// Test for Sun Microsystems
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;

public class Test {
   public static void main(String args[]) {
      JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "This is a test");
      System.exit(0);
   }
}


It works fine on the console. Now login to Linux Redhat 7.0
(assume it is called lin_host) or any other non-Sun X server (customer is
using HP-UX 11 as well).

$ xhost +
$ rlogin sol_host
$ export DISPLAY=lin_host:0.0
$ java Test
Font specified in font.properties not found
[-urw-itc zapfdingbats-medium-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-sun-fontspecific]
... lines deleted ...
Font specified in font.properties not found
[-urw-itc zapfdingbats-medium-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-sun-fontspecific]

The application comes up for me, but does not come up for the
customer.

---

I have tried a few things as workarounds:

(1) Use the attached, modified font.properties file in the proper
$JAVA_HOME/jre/lib directory. Note that all occurences of the
above font, zapfdingbats, have been replaced with fixed. Now I am
getting

Font specified in font.properties not found
[fixed]

repeating lines.

Starting
xterm -fn fixed on lin_host caused no problems, it works as expected.

---

(2) since java modifies the fontpath (I know this was fixed in
Merlin), I used the fontpath it changes the default fontpath and
put it into /usr/openwin/lib/X11/fontserver.cfg on sol_host.
Kill fs and xfs.

Then on lin_host:
 
xset fp default
xset +fp tcp/sol_host:7100/all

I am still getting the above error messages.


---
Customer needs a fix for Solaris 8 on JDK 1.3 and 1.4.
See also about 200 bugs that come up in Sunsolve.east.sun.com bug search on
Font specified in font.properties not found

e.g.: 4488001
--- modified font.properties ---
#
# @(#)font.properties 1.14 00/05/04
#
# Copyright 2000 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
# Copyright 2000 Sun Microsystems, Inc. Tous droits réservés.
#
# This software is the proprietary information of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
# Use is subject to license terms.
#

#
# AWT Font default Properties for Solaris 2.6 and higher
#

# Serif font definition
#
serif.0=-monotype-times new roman-regular-r---*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1
serif.1=fixed
serif.2=-*-symbol-medium-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-sun-fontspecific

serif.italic.0=-monotype-times new roman-regular-i---*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1
serif.italic.1=fixed
serif.italic.2=-*-symbol-medium-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-sun-fontspecific

serif.bold.0=-monotype-times new roman-bold-r---*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1
serif.bold.1=fixed
serif.bold.2=-*-symbol-medium-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-sun-fontspecific

serif.bolditalic.0=-monotype-times new roman-bold-i---*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1
serif.bolditalic.1=fixed
serif.bolditalic.2=-*-symbol-medium-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-sun-fontspecific

# SansSerif font definition
#
sansserif.0=-monotype-arial-regular-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1
sansserif.1=fixed
sansserif.2=-*-symbol-medium-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-sun-fontspecific

sansserif.italic.0=-monotype-arial-regular-i-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1
sansserif.italic.1=fixed
sansserif.italic.2=-*-symbol-medium-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-sun-fontspecific

sansserif.bold.0=-monotype-arial-bold-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1
sansserif.bold.1=fixed
sansserif.bold.2=-*-symbol-medium-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-sun-fontspecific

sansserif.bolditalic.0=-monotype-arial-bold-i-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1
sansserif.bolditalic.1=fixed
sansserif.bolditalic.2=-*-symbol-medium-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-sun-fontspecific

# Monospaced font definition
#
monospaced.0=-monotype-courier new-regular-r---*-%d-*-*-m-*-iso8859-1
monospaced.1=fixed
monospaced.2=-*-symbol-medium-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-sun-fontspecific

monospaced.italic.0=-monotype-courier new-regular-i---*-%d-*-*-m-*-iso8859-1
monospaced.italic.1=fixed
monospaced.italic.2=-*-symbol-medium-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-sun-fontspecific

monospaced.bold.0=-monotype-courier new-bold-r---*-%d-*-*-m-*-iso8859-1
monospaced.bold.1=fixed
monospaced.bold.2=-*-symbol-medium-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-sun-fontspecific

monospaced.bolditalic.0=-monotype-courier new-bold-i---*-%d-*-*-m-*-iso8859-1
monospaced.bolditalic.1=fixed
monospaced.bolditalic.2=-*-symbol-medium-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-sun-fontspecific

# Dialog font definition
#
dialog.0=-monotype-arial-regular-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1
dialog.1=fixed
dialog.2=-*-symbol-medium-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-sun-fontspecific

dialog.italic.0=-monotype-arial-regular-i-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1
dialog.italic.1=fixed
dialog.italic.2=-*-symbol-medium-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-sun-fontspecific

dialog.bold.0=-monotype-arial-bold-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1
dialog.bold.1=fixed
dialog.bold.2=-*-symbol-medium-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-sun-fontspecific

dialog.bolditalic.0=-monotype-arial-bold-i-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1
dialog.bolditalic.1=fixed
dialog.bolditalic.2=-*-symbol-medium-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-sun-fontspecific

# DialogInput font definition
#
dialoginput.0=-monotype-courier new-regular-r---*-%d-*-*-m-*-iso8859-1
dialoginput.1=fixed
dialoginput.2=-*-symbol-medium-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-sun-fontspecific

dialoginput.italic.0=-monotype-courier new-regular-i---*-%d-*-*-m-*-iso8859-1
dialoginput.italic.1=fixed
dialoginput.italic.2=-*-symbol-medium-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-sun-fontspecific

dialoginput.bold.0=-monotype-courier new-bold-r---*-%d-*-*-m-*-iso8859-1
dialoginput.bold.1=fixed
dialoginput.bold.2=-*-symbol-medium-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-sun-fontspecific

dialoginput.bolditalic.0=-monotype-courier new-bold-i---*-%d-*-*-m-*-iso8859-1
dialoginput.bolditalic.1=fixed
dialoginput.bolditalic.2=-*-symbol-medium-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-sun-fontspecific

# Default font definition
#
default.char=274f

# name aliases
#
# alias.timesroman=serif
# alias.helvetica=sansserif
# alias.courier=monospaced

# for backward compatibility
timesroman.plain.0=-monotype-times new roman-regular-r---*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1
timesroman.italic.0=-monotype-times new roman-regular-i---*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1
timesroman.bold.0=-monotype-times new roman-bold-r---*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1
timesroman.bolditalic.0=-monotype-times new roman-bold-i---*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1
#
helvetica.plain.0=-monotype-arial-regular-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1
helvetica.italic.0=-monotype-arial-regular-i-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1
helvetica.bold.0=-monotype-arial-bold-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1
helvetica.bolditalic.0=-monotype-arial-bold-i-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1
#
courier.plain.0=-monotype-courier new-regular-r---*-%d-*-*-m-*-iso8859-1
courier.italic.0=-monotype-courier new-regular-i---*-%d-*-*-m-*-iso8859-1
courier.bold.0=-monotype-courier new-bold-r---*-%d-*-*-m-*-iso8859-1
courier.bolditalic.0=-monotype-courier new-bold-i---*-%d-*-*-m-*-iso8859-1
#
zapfdingbats.0=fixed

# Static FontCharset info.
#
# This information is used by the font which is not indexed by Unicode.
# Such fonts can use their own subclass of FontCharset.
#
# This information can be overriden by describing more specific style.
# For example
#
# fontcharset.serif.plain.3=SpecialSymbols
# means serif.plain.3 font's index can be retrieved with the convert() method
# of instance of SpecialSymbols and what kind of characters serif.plain.3 font
# has can be judged with the isCovered() method of instance of SpecialSymbols.
#
fontcharset.serif.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1
fontcharset.serif.1=sun.awt.motif.CharToByteX11Dingbats
fontcharset.serif.2=sun.awt.CharToByteSymbol

fontcharset.sansserif.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1
fontcharset.sansserif.1=sun.awt.motif.CharToByteX11Dingbats
fontcharset.sansserif.2=sun.awt.CharToByteSymbol

fontcharset.monospaced.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1
fontcharset.monospaced.1=sun.awt.motif.CharToByteX11Dingbats
fontcharset.monospaced.2=sun.awt.CharToByteSymbol

fontcharset.dialog.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1
fontcharset.dialog.1=sun.awt.motif.CharToByteX11Dingbats
fontcharset.dialog.2=sun.awt.CharToByteSymbol

fontcharset.dialoginput.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1
fontcharset.dialoginput.1=sun.awt.motif.CharToByteX11Dingbats
fontcharset.dialoginput.2=sun.awt.CharToByteSymbol

fontcharset.zapfdingbats.0=sun.io.CharToByteISO8859_1

# exclusion info.
#
# This information describe exclusion ranges for each fonts.
#
# 'exclusion.serif.plain.0' overrides 'exclusion.serif.0', and
# 'exclusion.serif.0' overrides exclusion.0, and so on.
#

# XFontSet string
# X11 only properties
#

fontset.serif.plain=-monotype-times new roman-regular-r---*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1

fontset.serif.italic=-monotype-times new roman-regular-i---*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1

fontset.serif.bold=-monotype-times new roman-bold-r---*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1

fontset.serif.bolditalic=-monotype-times new roman-bold-i---*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1

fontset.sansserif.italic=-monotype-arial-regular-i-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1
 
fontset.sansserif.bold=-monotype-arial-bold-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1
 
fontset.sansserif.bolditalic=-monotype-arial-bold-i-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1
 
fontset.sansserif.plain=-monotype-arial-regular-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1

fontset.monospaced.italic=-monotype-courier new-regular-i---*-%d-*-*-m-*-iso8859-1
 
fontset.monospaced.bold=-monotype-courier new-bold-r---*-%d-*-*-m-*-iso8859-1
 
fontset.monospaced.bolditalic=-monotype-courier new-bold-i---*-%d-*-*-m-*-iso8859-1
 
fontset.monospaced.plain=-monotype-courier new-regular-r---*-%d-*-*-m-*-iso8859-1
 
fontset.dialog.italic=-monotype-arial-regular-i-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1
 
fontset.dialog.bold=-monotype-arial-bold-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1
 
fontset.dialog.bolditalic=-monotype-arial-bold-i-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1
 
fontset.dialog.plain=-monotype-arial-regular-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1
 
fontset.dialoginput.italic=-monotype-courier new-regular-i---*-%d-*-*-m-*-iso8859-1
 
fontset.dialoginput.bold=-monotype-courier new-bold-r---*-%d-*-*-m-*-iso8859-1
 
fontset.dialoginput.bolditalic=-monotype-courier new-bold-i---*-%d-*-*-m-*-iso8859-1
 
fontset.dialoginput.plain=-monotype-courier new-regular-r---*-%d-*-*-m-*-iso8859-1

# for backward compatibility
fontset.timesroman.plain=-monotype-times new roman-regular-r---*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1

fontset.timesroman.italic=-monotype-times new roman-regular-i---*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1

fontset.timesroman.bold=-monotype-times new roman-bold-r---*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1

fontset.timesroman.bolditalic=-monotype-times new roman-bold-i---*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1

fontset.helvetica.plain=-monotype-arial-regular-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1

fontset.helvetica.italic=-monotype-arial-regular-i-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1

fontset.helvetica.bold=-monotype-arial-bold-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1

fontset.helvetica.bolditalic=-monotype-arial-bold-i-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1

fontset.courier.plain=-monotype-courier new-regular-r---*-%d-*-*-m-*-iso8859-1

fontset.courier.italic=-monotype-courier new-regular-i---*-%d-*-*-m-*-iso8859-1

fontset.courier.bold=-monotype-courier new-bold-r---*-%d-*-*-m-*-iso8859-1

fontset.courier.bolditalic=-monotype-courier new-bold-i---*-%d-*-*-m-*-iso8859-1

#fontset.zapfdingbats=#-urw-itc zapfdingbats-medium-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-sun-fontspecific=fixed

fontset.zapfdingbats=-monotype-courier new-bold-i---*-%d-*-*-m-*-iso8859-1

#
fontset.default=-monotype-arial-regular-r-normal--*-%d-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1
#

--- fontserver.cfg ---
# font server configuration file
# $XConsortium: config.cpp,v 1.7 91/08/22 11:39:59 rws Exp $

clone-self = on
use-syslog = off
#catalogue =/usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts/F3bitmaps/,/usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/

catalogue = /usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts/F3bitmaps/,/usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/ /usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts/F3/,/usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts/F3bitmaps/,/usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/,/usr/openwin/lib/locale/zh_TW/X11/fonts/TrueType/,/usr/openwin/lib/locale/zh_TW.BIG5/X11/fonts/TT/,/usr/openwin/lib/locale/zh/X11/fonts/TrueType/,/usr/openwin/lib/locale/zh.GBK/X11/fonts/TrueType/,/usr/openwin/lib/locale/th_TH/X11/fonts/TrueType/,/usr/openwin/lib/locale/sun_eu_greek/X11/fonts/TrueType/,/usr/openwin/lib/locale/ru.ansi-1251/X11/fonts/TrueType/,/usr/openwin/lib/locale/ko/X11/fonts/TrueType/,/usr/openwin/lib/locale/ko.UTF-8/X11/fonts/TrueType/,/usr/openwin/lib/locale/ja/X11/fonts/TT/,/usr/openwin/lib/locale/iso_8859_9/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/openwin/lib/locale/iso_8859_9/X11/fonts/TrueType/,/usr/openwin/lib/locale/iso_8859_8/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/openwin/lib/locale/iso_8859_8/X11/fonts/TrueType/,/usr/openwin/lib/locale/iso_8859_7/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/openwin/lib/locale/iso_8859_7/X11/fonts/TrueType/,/usr/openwin/lib/locale/iso_8859_5/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/openwin/lib/locale/iso_8859_5/X11/fonts/TrueType/,/usr/openwin/lib/locale/iso_8859_4/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/openwin/lib/locale/iso_8859_2/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/openwin/lib/locale/iso_8859_2/X11/fonts/TrueType/,/usr/openwin/lib/locale/iso_8859_15/X11/fonts/TrueType/,/usr/openwin/lib/locale/iso_8859_13/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/openwin/lib/locale/iso_8859_13/X11/fonts/TrueType/,/usr/openwin/lib/locale/ar/X11/fonts/TrueType/,/usr/openwin/lib/locale/KOI8-R/X11/fonts/TrueType/,/usr/openwin/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/,/usr/java1.2/jre/lib/fonts/,/opt2/SUNWns6/java/lib/fonts/,/opt/gnome-1.4/share/nautilus/fonts/urw/,/opt/gnome-1.4/share/ghostscript/fonts/

# in decipoints
default-point-size = 120
default-resolutions = 75,75,100,100