Problem: vncserver wouldn't start Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed'
Solution: cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts mkfontdir misc /etc/init.d/xfs restart vncserver runs fine now. On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 09:45:49PM -0800, E Frank Ball wrote: > I'm trying to run a vncserver from within openvz. > According to the wiki this should be easy: > http://wiki.openvz.org/X_inside_VE > > My vncserver dies with a "could not open default font 'fixed'" error. > > My base server is RedHat Enterprise 4, and my VEs are CentOS 4. > > I've done much googling and I'm not getting anywhere. > Here is my vncserver log: > > > Xvnc version 4.0 - built Feb 21 2005 15:50:07 > Underlying X server release 60801000, The X.Org Foundation > > > Thu Jan 4 16:29:02 2007 > vncext: VNC extension running! > vncext: Listening for VNC connections on port 5901 > vncext: Listening for HTTP connections on port 5801 > vncext: created VNC server for screen 0 > error opening security policy file > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy > > Fatal server error: > could not open default font 'fixed' > xsetroot: unable to open display 'bessel:1' > vncconfig: unable to open display "bessel:1" > twm: unable to open display "bessel:1" > xterm Xt error: Can't open display: bessel:1 > > ------------------------------------------------- > > Here are the relevant xorg rpms I have installed: > > rpm -qa | grep xorg | sort > fonts-xorg-100dpi-6.8.2-1.EL > fonts-xorg-75dpi-6.8.2-1.EL > fonts-xorg-base-6.8.2-1.EL > xorg-x11-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2 > xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2 > xorg-x11-Mesa-libGLU-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2 > xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2 > xorg-x11-font-utils-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2 > xorg-x11-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2 > xorg-x11-tools-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2 > xorg-x11-twm-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2 > xorg-x11-xauth-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2 > xorg-x11-xdm-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2 > xorg-x11-xfs-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2 > > Here's a clue, but I don't know how to fix it: > # fslsfonts -server unix/:7100 -ll -fn fixed > fslsfonts: pattern "fixed" unmatched > > I've tried running > vncserver :1 > vncserver -fp unix/:7100 > vncserver -fp /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc > > I've edited /usr/bin/vncserver and uncommented: > $cmd .= " -fp /usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"; > This did fix a couple of errors, but not the fatal one. > > I've restarted xfs many times, and it is running: > # service xfs status > xfs (pid 23795) is running... > > Any help?, Thanks > > -- > > E Frank Ball [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > https://openvz.org/mailman/listinfo/users > -- E Frank Ball [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] https://openvz.org/mailman/listinfo/users
