Tried the fix (on Edgy) $ sudo ln -s /usr/share/fonts/X11 /usr/share/X11/fonts
but it only worked until reboot. I now get :- VNC viewer version 3.3.7 - built Jul 4 2006 10:04:48 Copyright (C) 2002-2003 RealVNC Ltd. Copyright (C) 1994-2000 AT&T Laboratories Cambridge. See http://www.realvnc.com for information on VNC. VNC server supports protocol version 3.8 (viewer 3.3) Password: ReadFromRFBServer: rdr::EndOfStream -- vnc4server uses wrong font path https://launchpad.net/bugs/3593 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs