vncserver wont start with 'fixed' font error
[ link: vncserverfixedfont | tags: vnc linux | updated: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 12:12:08 -0400 ]
Installed vncserver vnc-server on a redhat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 server and when I try to start up vncserver as a user, it fails with "could not open default font 'fixed'"
When I run vncserver, it appears to run fine, but I cannot make a connection to it. I check the ~/.vnc/servername:1.log file and I see the following:
Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'Im positive that I have all the appropriate font rpms installed, and xfs is running. I finally found out that the solution to the problem is to do the following:
cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts
mkfontdir misc
/etc/init.d/xfs restartNow when I run vncserver, the server actually starts.
-db
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