Evan, You just need to start your VNC Server with the appropriate default font path configured, to match the one used by your console X server, which is probably "unix/:7100" or similar under Fedora Core 5.
Regards, Wez @ RealVNC Ltd. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Evan Cooch > Sent: 28 July 2006 21:49 > To: [email protected] > Subject: vncserver 4.1.1 | Fedora 5 | X11 fonts > > Greetings - > > I'm trying to get vncserver running properly on my new server > which is > currently running Fedora Core 5 (hereafter, FC5). It came > with vncserver > 4.1.1, which I have running as a as a service. > > The problem is, when I connect to the remote desktop, all seems fine, > but when I try to run various applications, I get a number of 'fonts > missing' errors. So, I had a look at the .log file in .vnc, and that > provides a clue - here is the log generated after restarting the > vncserver, using the following arguments with the standard > ./vnc/xstartup script: > > VNCSERVERARGS[1]="-geometry 1152x864 -nohttpd" > > Fri Jul 28 16:43:00 2006 > vncext: VNC extension running! > vncext: Listening for VNC connections on port 5902 > vncext: created VNC server for screen 0 > Could not init font path element /usr/share/X11/fonts/OTF, > removing from > list! > Could not init font path element /usr/share/X11/fonts/CID/, removing > from list! > X Error of failed request: BadLength (poly request too large or > internal Xlib length error) > Major opcode of failed request: 134 (VNC-EXTENSION) > Minor opcode of failed request: 1 () > Serial number of failed request: 65 > Current serial number in output stream: 65 > > So, clearly, lots of problems. Moreover, when I look at > xstartup, there > are a couple of lines I don't understand: > > [ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup > [ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources > > OK - but I don't have an .Xresources file in my (or any other) user > directory. > > So, I'll start by asking for some guidance/help on interpreting the > 'Could not init font path...' errors in the .log file, and > follow with a > general query on what I should do to make my xstartup file - > especially > vis a vis .Xresources > > > Thanks in advance - apologies if this is a FAQ, but after much > searching, didn't find much that seem directly related. > _______________________________________________ > 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
