Package: xtightvncviewer Version: 1.2.9-13 Severity: minor Just upgraded my testing/unstable box and now xtightvncviewer fails to connect to running (since month ago and I believe of the version which is installed now: 1.2.9-8)
After I pass password authentication it fails: *> xtightvncviewer ravana:1 VNC server supports protocol version 3.3 (viewer 3.3) Password: VNC authentication succeeded Desktop name "yoh's X desktop (ravana:1)" Connected to VNC server, using protocol version 3.3 VNC server default format: 32 bits per pixel. Least significant byte first in each pixel. True colour: max red 255 green 255 blue 255, shift red 16 green 8 blue 0 Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" to type FontStruct Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font Error: Aborting: no font found xtighvncviewer seems to hardcode the chosen font: *> strings /usr/bin/xtightvncviewer | grep helvetica *popup*font: -*-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-16-*-*-*-*-*-*-* in the sources vncviewer/Vncviewer has that definition hardcoded. for some reason after the upgrade something got wrong with fonts probably so it didn't manage to "convert string" to type FontStruct nomatter what font I fed to it. So I tried short name: echo "*popup*font: fixed" | xrdb -merge That helped... I just thought worth mentioning since other people might struggle as well after the upgrade. I am not sure how common this will be and how this issue has to be addressed properly... but I believe such X settings as "*popup*font" has to be mentioned in the man pages at least -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (300, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-1-686 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages xtightvncviewer depends on: ii dpkg 1.13.19 package maintenance system for Deb ii libc6 2.3.6-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libice6 1:1.0.0-3 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library ii libjpeg62 6b-13 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG ii libsm6 1:1.0.0-4 X11 Session Management library ii libx11-6 2:1.0.0-6 X11 client-side library ii libxaw7 1:1.0.1-5 X11 Athena Widget library ii libxext6 1:1.0.0-4 X11 miscellaneous extension librar ii libxmu6 1:1.0.1-3 X11 miscellaneous utility library ii libxp6 1:1.0.0-1 X Printing Extension (Xprint) clie ii libxpm4 1:3.5.4.2-3 X11 pixmap library ii libxt6 1:1.0.0-4 X11 toolkit intrinsics library ii vnc-common 3.3.7-12 Virtual network computing server s ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-11 compression library - runtime Versions of packages xtightvncviewer recommends: ii xfonts-base 1:1.0.0-3 standard fonts for X -- no debconf information --Yarik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
