[NBLUG/talk] vnc problems after Xorg upgrade

[Mark Street]

Hi,

Among other things the font server is not available - xfs, all the errors 
relating to font path and socket 7100 are xfs errors.

Its has either been turned off or made unworkable from the upgrade.

This was one of my favorite tricks to pull in my sys admin courses. ; )  
People panic when they don't have a GUI.

Work it through.....


On Sunday September 17 2006 10:27 am, Robert Hayes wrote:
> I recently performed a dist-upgrade that included the move to Xorg.
>
> Since then vncserver won't load. I've scoured the web, and the available
> ATT vnc sites are gone. I'm wondering if anyone has any ideas or experience
> with this problem.
>
> As per the error messages (below) I've updated the /etc/vnc.conf with the
> correct font paths, but that doesn't seem to help.
>
> The disto is Debian 2.4.20-xfs.
>
> TIA!
>
> Here is the error message:
>
> ~$ vncserver
> Couldn't start Xvnc; trying default font path.
> Please set correct fontPath in the vncserver script.
> Couldn't start Xvnc process.
>
> Couldn't open RGB_DB '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb'
> 17/09/06 10:19:21 Xvnc version 3.3.tight1.2.9
> 17/09/06 10:19:21 Copyright (C) 1999 AT&T Laboratories Cambridge.
> 17/09/06 10:19:21 Copyright (C) 2000-2002 Constantin Kaplinsky.
> 17/09/06 10:19:21 All Rights Reserved.
> 17/09/06 10:19:21 See http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc for information on
> VNC
> 17/09/06 10:19:21 See http://www.tightvnc.com for TightVNC-specific
> information
> 17/09/06 10:19:21 Desktop name 'X' (Dell2200:1)
> 17/09/06 10:19:21 Protocol version supported 3.3
> 17/09/06 10:19:21 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5901
> 17/09/06 10:19:21 Listening for HTTP connections on TCP port 5801
> 17/09/06 10:19:21   URL http://Dell2200:5801
> _FontTransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2
> failed to set default font path 'unix/:7100'
> Fatal server error:
> could not open default font 'fixed'
> Couldn't open RGB_DB '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb'
> 17/09/06 10:19:22 Xvnc version 3.3.tight1.2.9
> 17/09/06 10:19:22 Copyright (C) 1999 AT&T Laboratories Cambridge.
> 17/09/06 10:19:22 Copyright (C) 2000-2002 Constantin Kaplinsky.
> 17/09/06 10:19:22 All Rights Reserved.
> 17/09/06 10:19:22 See http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc for information on
> VNC
> 17/09/06 10:19:22 See http://www.tightvnc.com for TightVNC-specific
> information
> 17/09/06 10:19:22 Desktop name 'X' (Dell2200:1)
> 17/09/06 10:19:22 Protocol version supported 3.3
> 17/09/06 10:19:22 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5901
> 17/09/06 10:19:22 Listening for HTTP connections on TCP port 5801
> 17/09/06 10:19:22   URL http://Dell2200:5801
>
> Fatal server error:
> could not open default cursor font 'cursor'
>
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