[NBLUG/talk] vnc problems after Xorg upgrade

[Robert Hayes]

Thanks, Dave.
Thanks, Mark.

I've modified the /etc/vnc.conf and tried to located the lines that ref port 
7100. 

What I find is that nothing changes in the error message.
That leads me to believe that vncserver is looking elsewhere for it's startup 
information.
There is no conf file in my /home/user/.vnc directory, and nothing in the man 
pages that indicates how to pass a different conf file location to the 
executable through the command line.

Any clues?


On Sunday 17 September 2006 11:27, Mark Street wrote:
> 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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