Description of problem: The dependency on -fonts-misc appears to have been introduced as part of a suite of fixes for bug #496786. However, if I construct a mock chroot with tigervnc-server in it, and forcibly remove the -fonts-misc package, I can still start Xvnc in that chroot just fine. I suspect the root cause here is that we're starting Xvnc without the "built-ins" element in the font path: root 6181 0.0 0.2 64312 7816 ? S 11:28 0:00 /usr/bin/Xvnc :1 -desktop synephrine:1 (root) -auth /builddir/.Xauthority -geometry 1280x876 -depth 16 -rfbwait 30000 -rfbauth /builddir/.vnc/passwd -rfbport 5901 -fp catalogue:/etc/X11/fontpath.d -pn which means that we wouldn't pick up the mandatory fixed and cursor fonts from libXfont. However in at least F13 and later we'll always include the builtin fonts even if you don't ask for them. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): tigervnc-server-1.0.90-0.20.20100813svn4123.fc15.x86_64
It shall be added that this is a nonnegligible source of bloat on our live images (xorg-x11-fonts-misc is quite large for a font package).
(In reply to comment #1) > It shall be added that this is a nonnegligible source of bloat on our live > images (xorg-x11-fonts-misc is quite large for a font package). Ok, I will drop xorg-x11-fonts-misc dependency in F14 & rawhide.
tigervnc-1.0.90-0.21.20100813svn4123.fc14 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 14. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/tigervnc-1.0.90-0.21.20100813svn4123.fc14
(In reply to comment #3) > tigervnc-1.0.90-0.21.20100813svn4123.fc14 has been submitted as an update for > Fedora 14. > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/tigervnc-1.0.90-0.21.20100813svn4123.fc14 It is actually fixed in tigervnc-1.0.90-0.22.20100813svn4123.fc14.
Proposing for inclusion in F14-Beta
rc3 is in testing now, so if that gets accepted this can't make beta. If we fail validation and have to respin, though, it seems reasonable to have this in the next spin. -- Fedora Bugzappers volunteer triage team https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers
tigervnc-1.0.90-0.22.20100813svn4123.fc14 has been pushed to the Fedora 14 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update tigervnc'. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/tigervnc-1.0.90-0.22.20100813svn4123.fc14
Beta's now out, so moving from Beta nice-to-have list to Final nice-to-have list. -- Fedora Bugzappers volunteer triage team https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers
This was discussed at the 2010-10-01 blocker / NTH review meeting, and accepted as a nice-to-have.
tigervnc-1.0.90-0.22.20100813svn4123.fc14 has been pushed to the Fedora 14 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.