[NBLUG/talk] vnc problems after Xorg upgrade

Sun Sep 17 12:04:56 PDT 2006

Hi,

The problem IMHO is not vncserver.  The problem is a lower level service or 
configuration that is preventing the X-server from starting properly, which 
in turn is making vncserver fail.

What might help is a copy of the old XF86Config file and the new xorg.conf 
file.  You can hard code the path to the fonts into the X config file so it 
can find the fonts or you can use the xfs font server to make them available.  
Either way the X-server needs to have access to the fonts or it will not 
start.... and vncserver will continue to fail.

Ideas?  

1.  The debian configuration utility for X - what is it .. dexconf for 
something like that... or your friend dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

2.  Hard code a section into your xorg.conf file for FontPath

Section "Files"
	FontPath		"/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
	FontPath		"/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
etc...
EndSection

On Sunday September 17 2006 11:41 am, Robert Hayes wrote:
> 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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