Skaperen
May 2nd, 2012, 11:20 PM
I get the following error messages when trying to start a VNC based X server:
lorentz/root /root 92# vncserver -geometry 960x600 -depth 32
Couldn't start Xtightvnc; trying default font path.
Please set correct fontPath in the vncserver script.
Couldn't start Xtightvnc process.
02/05/12 18:16:31 Xvnc version TightVNC-1.3.9
02/05/12 18:16:31 Copyright (C) 2000-2007 TightVNC Group
02/05/12 18:16:31 Copyright (C) 1999 AT&T Laboratories Cambridge
02/05/12 18:16:31 All Rights Reserved.
02/05/12 18:16:31 See http://www.tightvnc.com/ for information on TightVNC
02/05/12 18:16:31 Desktop name 'X' (lorentz:3)
02/05/12 18:16:31 Protocol versions supported: 3.3, 3.7, 3.8, 3.7t, 3.8t
02/05/12 18:16:31 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5903
Fatal server error:
Couldn't add screen
02/05/12 18:16:32 Xvnc version TightVNC-1.3.9
02/05/12 18:16:32 Copyright (C) 2000-2007 TightVNC Group
02/05/12 18:16:32 Copyright (C) 1999 AT&T Laboratories Cambridge
02/05/12 18:16:32 All Rights Reserved.
02/05/12 18:16:32 See http://www.tightvnc.com/ for information on TightVNC
02/05/12 18:16:32 Desktop name 'X' (lorentz:3)
02/05/12 18:16:32 Protocol versions supported: 3.3, 3.7, 3.8, 3.7t, 3.8t
02/05/12 18:16:32 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5903
Fatal server error:
Couldn't add screen
lorentz/root /root 93# I looked in the script and found a list of 4 font paths. They do exist. Shouldn't the package depend on at least a minimum set of fonts to get started with? What else is needed? This is on Ubuntu 10.10 amd64.
lorentz/root /root 92# vncserver -geometry 960x600 -depth 32
Couldn't start Xtightvnc; trying default font path.
Please set correct fontPath in the vncserver script.
Couldn't start Xtightvnc process.
02/05/12 18:16:31 Xvnc version TightVNC-1.3.9
02/05/12 18:16:31 Copyright (C) 2000-2007 TightVNC Group
02/05/12 18:16:31 Copyright (C) 1999 AT&T Laboratories Cambridge
02/05/12 18:16:31 All Rights Reserved.
02/05/12 18:16:31 See http://www.tightvnc.com/ for information on TightVNC
02/05/12 18:16:31 Desktop name 'X' (lorentz:3)
02/05/12 18:16:31 Protocol versions supported: 3.3, 3.7, 3.8, 3.7t, 3.8t
02/05/12 18:16:31 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5903
Fatal server error:
Couldn't add screen
02/05/12 18:16:32 Xvnc version TightVNC-1.3.9
02/05/12 18:16:32 Copyright (C) 2000-2007 TightVNC Group
02/05/12 18:16:32 Copyright (C) 1999 AT&T Laboratories Cambridge
02/05/12 18:16:32 All Rights Reserved.
02/05/12 18:16:32 See http://www.tightvnc.com/ for information on TightVNC
02/05/12 18:16:32 Desktop name 'X' (lorentz:3)
02/05/12 18:16:32 Protocol versions supported: 3.3, 3.7, 3.8, 3.7t, 3.8t
02/05/12 18:16:32 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5903
Fatal server error:
Couldn't add screen
lorentz/root /root 93# I looked in the script and found a list of 4 font paths. They do exist. Shouldn't the package depend on at least a minimum set of fonts to get started with? What else is needed? This is on Ubuntu 10.10 amd64.