Re: VNC's XDMCP requests now fail?
On Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 02:51:48PM -0700, Marc Wilson wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 06:08:49PM -0600, Jamin W. Collins wrote:
> > Sep 3 17:45:35 thor wdm: X Error of failed request: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)
> > Sep 3 17:45:35 thor wdm: Major opcode of failed request: 45 (X_OpenFont)
>
> Sure... if you'll note the actual error, wdm is trying to find the font
> you've configured to display in the chooser, and failing.
>
> Specify your fontpath *explicitly* in your Xvnc invocation, and you'll have
> no further problems. I merely pointed mine to the font server running on
> the local LAN. Or switch to a font that IS in the default fontpath Xvnc
> uses.
>
> Been there, done that, got the t-shirt several weeks ago.
Interesting, that was indeed it. Once I added a -fp to the Xvnc
invocation, everything worked fine. Strange that has never been needed
before. Any idea what changed to make this a new requirement?
--
Jamin W. Collins
This is the typical unix way of doing things: you string together lots
of very specific tools to accomplish larger tasks. -- Vineet Kumar
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