Package: vnc4server
Version: 4.1.1+X4.3.0-10
Severity: grave


Xvnc4 cannot find the "fixed" font. For example with this command:

$ Xvnc4 -fp /usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc :1 [Enter]
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Couldn't open RGB_DB '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb'

Xvnc Free Edition 4.1.1 - built May 15 2006 20:53:26
Copyright (C) 2002-2005 RealVNC Ltd.
See http://www.realvnc.com for information on VNC.
Underlying X server release 40300000, The XFree86 Project, Inc


Sat Jul  8 16:12:25 2006
 vncext:      VNC extension running!
 vncext:      Listening for VNC connections on port 5901
 vncext:      created VNC server for screen 0
error opening security policy file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy

Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'
------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Please note that that /usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/ contains the "fixed" font,
as defined by /usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/fonts.alias:

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
!! fonts.alias -- automatically generated file.  DO NOT EDIT.
!! To modify, see update-fonts-alias(8).
!! /etc/X11/fonts/misc/xfonts-base.alias
! $Xorg: fonts.alias,v 1.3 2000/08/21 16:42:31 coskrey Exp $
fixed        -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
variable     -*-helvetica-bold-r-normal-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
...

!! /etc/X11/fonts/X11R7/misc/xfonts-base.alias
! $Xorg: fonts.alias,v 1.3 2000/08/21 16:42:31 coskrey Exp $
fixed        -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
variable     -*-helvetica-bold-r-normal-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
...
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$ dpkg -l xfonts-base [Enter]
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name           Version        Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
ii  xfonts-base    1.0.0-3        standard fonts for X
------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Thank you for your attention.
daniele giacomini



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