Actually, having xbase-fonts installed doesn't help. Trying repeatedly to reinstall it doens't help. It probably also doesn't help that, when xbase-fonts is installed, dpkg -L xbase-fonts lists files that aren't there.
rachel@twilight:~$ tightvncserver -nolisten tcp :1 Couldn't start Xtightvnc; trying default font path. Please set correct fontPath in the tightvncserver script. Couldn't start Xtightvnc process. 18/11/14 14:05:34 Xvnc version TightVNC-1.3.10 18/11/14 14:05:34 Copyright (C) 2000-2009 TightVNC Group 18/11/14 14:05:34 Copyright (C) 1999 AT&T Laboratories Cambridge 18/11/14 14:05:34 All Rights Reserved. 18/11/14 14:05:34 See http://www.tightvnc.com/ for information on TightVNC 18/11/14 14:05:34 Desktop name 'X' (twilight:1) 18/11/14 14:05:34 Protocol versions supported: 3.3, 3.7, 3.8, 3.7t, 3.8t 18/11/14 14:05:34 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5901 Font directory '/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/' not found - ignoring Font directory '/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/' not found - ignoring Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' 18/11/14 14:05:35 Xvnc version TightVNC-1.3.10 18/11/14 14:05:35 Copyright (C) 2000-2009 TightVNC Group 18/11/14 14:05:35 Copyright (C) 1999 AT&T Laboratories Cambridge 18/11/14 14:05:35 All Rights Reserved. 18/11/14 14:05:35 See http://www.tightvnc.com/ for information on TightVNC 18/11/14 14:05:35 Desktop name 'X' (twilight:1) 18/11/14 14:05:35 Protocol versions supported: 3.3, 3.7, 3.8, 3.7t, 3.8t 18/11/14 14:05:35 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5901 Font directory '/usr/share/fonts/X11/Speedo/' not found - ignoring Font directory '/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/' not found - ignoring Font directory '/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/' not found - ignoring Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' rachel@twilight:~$ apt-cache policy xfonts-base xfonts-base: Installed: 1:1.0.3 Candidate: 1:1.0.3 Version table: *** 1:1.0.3 0 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status rachel@twilight:~$ dpkg -L xfonts-base | tail -1 /etc/X11/fonts/misc/xfonts-base.alias rachel@twilight:~$ ls -l /etc/x11/fonts/misc/xfonts-base.alias ls: cannot access /etc/x11/fonts/misc/xfonts-base.alias: No such file or directory what a mess. (14.10) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/269573 Title: installing tightvncserver should install xfonts-base To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tightvnc/+bug/269573/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
