Thanks very much for your helpful reply! I'm testing as root, so I do not think it's an access issue to any of the directories in the font path (there is no font server).
I've made sure (as per your recommendation) that the font path is identical for both displays (:0 and :1). xset does offer this error when run: Xlib: extension "XFree86-Misc" missing on display ":1.0". I compiled a debug version of Xvnc and stepped through it in gdb. The requested font seems to be: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/helvB12.pcf.gz One clue appears when I run: xfd -fn -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-* The console server shows: -Adobe-Helvetica-Bold-R-Normal--12-120-75-75-P-70-ISO8859-1 The Xvnc server shows: -Adobe-Helvetica-Bold-R-Normal--12-120-75-75-P-70-ISO10646-1 I can not determine what is causing this char set difference. Do you think that may be the problem? Thanks very much for your time and consideration. - Tor On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 09:59:44AM +0200, "Beerse, Corni" wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Everything is working perfectly except... > > > > A particular Motif application (which displays normally at > > the console) > > has font characters that all look like little boxes in Xvnc. > > Typically a difference in the fontpath. Try `xset -q` for both displays > (`xset -q -display :0` and `xset -q -display :1`) and see the difference. > > On the fly, you can use xset to update the fontpath of the bad-behaving > display to that of the well-behaving. Check manpages on xset `man xset` for > details. > > Once you have a decent fontpath, give it to `Xvnc` with the `-fp` option. > > Details: Be sure the path is accessible for both Xservers: readable by the > account that actually runs Xvnc and on the same machine. > > > > > I've triple checked the fontpath, and I do not think that's the > > problem (it's the same as the console Xserver). > > If the fontpath is a bunch of directories, the account that runs Xvnc > cannot read one (or more) of them > If the fontpath is a fontserver, check the firewall and such if it is also > accessible for others than the default. > > > > > How can I start to troubleshoot this problem? > > Use the xset command `man xset` It has ways to add fontdirectories in > various ways. > > > > > What's the xconsole equivelant for Xvnc? Where do messages get sent? > > What messages? I do know xconsole can display on any Xserver. Equivalents > are almost every terminal emulator, most have a "-C" option, to try to > capture the console messages: `xterm -C`. Be warned, there is only one > console device (/dev/console) on every machine. Most times, only the user > logged in at the graphical console can access the device (check the rights > of /dev/console or the device it is softlinked to). > > > > > How can I determine what font is being requested by this Motif > > application? > > ... I don't know but I do know there is a lot of documentation on fonts. > Then you can get lost in font-aliassing... > > > > > Thanks! > > > > - Tor > > _______________________________________________ > > VNC-List mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To remove yourself from the list visit: > > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
