I'm seeing the same thing on ubuntu 7.10 (gutsy) with vncserver
3.3.7-14ubuntu1, fresh install. ("could not open default font 'fixed'")
I tried to work around it with the following:cd /usr/share/X11/ ln -s /usr/share/fonts/X11 fonts This lets it start up and run gnome. But xmms' playlist shows squares instead of characters in the song titles. That's only in the playlist; the main xmms window has legible text. All other tested applications have legible text, too. xmms playlist looks fine on the regular X display. I backed out my fix and repeated John Fettig's fix (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vnc/+bug/18593/comments/9) (excepy my xorg.conf didn't have any FontPath lines to comment out). The result did NOT work for me, possibly because it had no FontPath lines? I do not see this problem with tightvncserver 1.2.9-21 (but it does have the illegible playlist text). Nor do I see the problem with vnc4server (and it does NOT have the illegible playlist text problem). So I can't decide if the illegible text problem is at all related to the fixed font problem; I mention it here in case it is. In summary, vncserver in gutsy still can't find fixed font, but vnc4server works fine for me. I'm willing to help diagnose the problem. Jeremy P.S. Thanks for everyone's hard work. -- [vnc] can't find fixed font https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/18593 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
