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Date:      Mon, 6 Jun 2005 22:40:11 -0400
From:      Scott Robbins <scottro@nyc.rr.com>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: What to use to get remote display from a amd64 machine?
Message-ID:  <20050607024011.GB10153@mail.scottro.net>
In-Reply-To: <c21e92e2050606193336dc35e3@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <20050607000301.64d5ef9e.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <200506062051.25441.loox@e-shell.net> <200506071157.06225.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <c21e92e2050606193336dc35e3@mail.gmail.com>

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On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 10:33:40AM +0800, Jiawei Ye wrote:
> On 6/7/05, Daniel O'Connor <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> 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. 


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Scott Robbins

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