On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 10:30:21AM -0000, Tristan Richardson wrote:
> It looks to me like it could be a problem with Xvnc not being able to read
> the fonts that xmms is using. If you've got a font server (xfs) running on
> your linux box you could try doing:
I don't use a font server, they've always been more trouble than they're
worth IMO :)
My font paths are correctly configured in vnc.conf. For that matter,
other apps display fine.
> This tells Xvnc to use the font server instead. Other people have reported
> that this has fixed similar issues before.
Do you suggest that vncserver may have a bug reading X11 fonts directly
and that I should install a font server and have it use that instead?
(if so, I could do that)
On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 01:41:05AM -0800, ydg wrote:
> I seem to have lost some of the messages in this thread, so sorry if im
> repeating something.
No worries.
> Ive found that vnc displays most if not all fonts differently. I assume
> this is something to do with the fonts available to the server. Possibly
> something to do with compatibility because its a cross platform app.
In this case, there is nothing cross platform, it fails even if I run
the vnc client on the same machine than the vnc server.
> And arent xmms fonts actually bitmap images?
Yes, I think they may actually be.
Marc
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