Re: X-font called 'fixed'
On Wed, Oct 14, 1998 at 10:05:02AM +0200, Remco van de Meent wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Oct 1998, David Karlin wrote:
>
> : I ran gunzip on all the files in /usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc, then
> : ran compress on all the files. Now the are all *.Z files.
> :
> : Vncserver still barfed looking for fixed (same error msg). BTW,
> : I noticed that there actually are some files in that directory
> : which have `fixed' in their descriptions.
>
> Hmm, strange. It worked for me some time ago, I'm pretty sure.
VNC Debian package supports gz fonts since I maintain in.
The real problem is that /etc/X11/XF86Config contains font dirs
that are not existant. Either install the missing fonts or use
$fontpath= "/usr/X11R6/lib/fonts/misc"
and add fonts one by one.
This will override the value in /etc/X11/XF86Config for VNC only,
This is a known bug/limitation, that I need to fix urgently.
Normal X server seem to ignore not existing font paths, but VNC breaks.
> : I then ran mkfontdir on that directory, and restarted vncserver.
> : Still can't open 'fixed'. Is there something like a font server
> : that I need to run vncserver?
>
> Another way is indeed to run the xfs-fontserver. In /etc/vncserver, you
> should define this one:
> $cmd .= " -fp tcp/localhost:7100";
This is not necessary, see above. Fontserver can be used alsoo, but normal
gz fonts should work. I would recommend the original submitter to change
the fonts to gz again and run mkfontdir in all subdirectories.
(and whatever is needed else).
Marcus
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