From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 7 02:40:15 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B4A316A41C for ; Tue, 7 Jun 2005 02:40:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scottro@scottro.net) Received: from ms-smtp-03.rdc-nyc.rr.com (ms-smtp-03-smtplb.rdc-nyc.rr.com [24.29.109.7]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B12643D49 for ; Tue, 7 Jun 2005 02:40:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scottro@scottro.net) Received: from mail.scottro.net (cpe-68-175-68-211.nyc.res.rr.com [68.175.68.211]) by ms-smtp-03.rdc-nyc.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.7) with ESMTP id j572eBGi015516 for ; Mon, 6 Jun 2005 22:40:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: by mail.scottro.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 1D12E610A; Mon, 6 Jun 2005 22:40:11 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 22:40:11 -0400 From: Scott Robbins To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050607024011.GB10153@mail.scottro.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <20050607000301.64d5ef9e.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <200506062051.25441.loox@e-shell.net> <200506071157.06225.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Subject: Re: What to use to get remote display from a amd64 machine? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 02:40:15 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 10:33:40AM +0800, Jiawei Ye wrote: > On 6/7/05, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > > That works here. > > > --SNIP-- > > failed to set default font path > > '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/' > > Fatal server error: > > could not open default font 'fixed' > > > VNC has it's own startup script and hard coded fontpath. You need to > manually edit them. It does not read Xorg/XFree86 config files :( > I've always used tightvnc. Upon running the command vncserver the first time it requests a password. After that, it Just Works (TM) However, if I want a different WM for the vnc session, or various other changes, I do have to edit a few files that it places in my $HOME directory. - -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 Cordelia: If the world doesn't end, I'm gonna need a note. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCpQkL+lTVdes0Z9YRArVLAKC/HV+Nl2BeADVRu4B3B/IPA49/VQCfQTjX cbIlUeulz2FQQls0CTmBoF4= =31jD -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----