Some further investigation showed in my /var/log/kdm.log that there were
entries of type
/usr/bin/X: symbol lookup error: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXfont.so.1: undefined
symbol: FT_Init_FreeType
I googled this and found this: http://www.debianhelp.org/node/6583
And indeed, my system which was, AFAIK, only maintained using typical
Debian update procedures (but, admittedly, temporarily with non-default
sources such as the e-tobi and the marillat / multimedia repositories)
had plenty of old, crufty stuff under /usr/X11R6/lib, including an old
libXfont.so.1.5, just as the post showed.
The only packages I had installed that should have some sort of a
footprint under /usr/X11R6 were x11-common, t1-xfree86-nonfree and
ttf-xfree86-nonfree. I removed /usr/X11R6 and re-installed those
packages. That produced a few links under /usr/X11R6. Re-starting X let
me run vncviewer (xtightvncviewer) without any problems.
So this bug can readily be closed and may at best serve as documentation
for those running into a similar kind of problem when launching
vncviewer. Interestingly, this was the only app where the problem
occurred to me.
Best,
-- Axel
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