severity 370701 important merge 365594 370701 thanks Hi
This is a known problem, and the default font paths will be changed. It is not a grave bug though. Regards, // Ola On Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 03:19:53PM +0200, Tim Van Holder wrote: > Package: vncserver > Version: 3.3.7-12 > Severity: grave > Justification: renders package unusable > > > Our development system runs debian testing; the developers normally log on > using VNC. > xinetd is set up with server vnc services (for various geometries); they run > Xvnc (Xrealvnc) > with the -query option so each connection gets its own gdm login). > However, since a (partial) dist-upgrade earlier today, this has ceased to > function - the > connection is terminated immediately. This happened _before_ doing the full > xorg upgrade > (the font server upgrade came in as a dependency of another package, and I'm > guessing it's > at fault). Completing the full dist-upgrade did not resolve the problem. > I did note that tightvncserver was removed during the upgrade, but since we > don't use that, > I didn't see it as a problem - if I had know that ALL vnc servers would > break, I would not > have upgraded (and again, the vnc breakage happened even before the > tightvncserver removal > was required by dist-upgrade). > > What can I do to get VNC access working again? Or alternatively, what steps > can I take to > "dist-downgrade" to a _working_ setup? > We can (mostly) manage using plain old ssh connections, but it does have an > impact on > productivity. > > ++ Now I'll answer myself, because I found a solution while preparing this > report. > > The cause of the problem is that Xvnc can't find some core things (rgb.txt > and the 'fixed' > font). These were relocated as part of the X11R7 upgrade. It's possible it > can no longer > talk to the new font server either (otherwise the relocations wouldn't matter > to it because > the font server would handle them). vncserver/vnc4server work around this by > passing -co > and -fp options to the Xnvcs they spawn. So the solution is to do the same > in /etc/inetd.conf > (or /etc/xinetd.d/myvncservice). > Instead of > /usr/bin/Xvnc -inetd -once -query my-x-host -geometry 1234x666 -depth 24 > the command line needs to be (on one line) > /usr/bin/Xvnc -co /etc/X11/rgb -fp unix/:7100,<all other font paths > separated by commas> \ > -inetd -once -query my-x-host -geometry 1234x666 -depth 24 > (is there a cleaner way to do this, e.g. by putting those options in some > config file Xvnc > reads?) > README.debian should probably be adjusted accordingly (the instructions there > no longer > result in a working setup). > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: testing/unstable > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (500, 'testing') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > Kernel: Linux 2.4.27-2-686-smp > Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) > > Versions of packages vncserver depends on: > ii dpkg 1.13.19 package maintenance system for > Deb > ii libc6 2.3.6-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries > ii libgcc1 1:4.1.0-4 GCC support library > ii libice6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 Inter-Client Exchange library > ii libsm6 1:1.0.0-4 X11 Session Management library > ii libstdc++6 4.1.0-4 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 > ii libx11-6 2:1.0.0-6 X11 client-side library > ii libxext6 1:1.0.0-4 X11 miscellaneous extension > librar > ii perl 5.8.8-4 Larry Wall's Practical > Extraction > ii vnc-common 3.3.7-12 Virtual network computing server > s > ii vnc4-common [vnc-common] 4.1.1+X4.3.0-10 Virtual network computing server > s > ii x11-common 1:7.0.20 X Window System (X.Org) > infrastruc > ii xbase-clients 1:7.0.1-2 miscellaneous X clients > ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-11 compression library - runtime > > Versions of packages vncserver recommends: > ii xfonts-base 1:1.0.0-3 standard fonts for X > > -- no debconf information > > -- --------------------- Ola Lundqvist --------------------------- / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Annebergsslingan 37 \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 654 65 KARLSTAD | | +46 (0)54-10 14 30 +46 (0)70-332 1551 | | http://www.opal.dhs.org UIN/icq: 4912500 | \ gpg/f.p.: 7090 A92B 18FE 7994 0C36 4FE4 18A1 B1CF 0FE5 3DD9 / --------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
