Bug 52804 - vncserver won't start; fails with font errors.
Summary: vncserver won't start; fails with font errors.
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Public Beta
Classification: Retired
Component: XFree86
Version: roswell
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Tim Waugh
QA Contact: David Lawrence
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2001-08-29 14:34 UTC by lars
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:36 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2001-08-29 14:35:02 UTC
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Description lars 2001-08-29 14:34:58 UTC 
Description of Problem:

Running the 'vncserver' command fails to start up Xvnc.  It fails with the
following message in ~/.vnc/hostname:1.log:

  Fatal server error:
  could not open default font 'fixed'

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

  vnc-3.3.3r2-18

How Reproducible:

  Run vncserver.

Additional Information:

This is a very stock (beta) installation with no post-install changes to
the X configuration.
Comment 1 Tim Waugh 2001-08-29 14:43:45 UTC 
This xfs problem is fixed in XFree86-4.1.0-0.99.1.
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