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DRC wrote:
> Adam Tkac wrote:
>>> When I build the Xvnc server using the build-xorg-7.4 script provided
>>> the resulting binary looks for its fonts in the directory where it was
>>> built:
>>> Could not init font path element
>>> /usr/src/tigervnc-1.0.0/unix/xorg.build/lib/X11/fonts/misc/, removing
>>> from list!
>>> [...]
>>> And it fails to start. So to get it to run I had to:
>>> sudo ln -sf /usr/share/fonts/X11
>>> /usr/src/tigervnc-1.0.0/unix/xorg.build/lib/X11/fonts
> 
> The included 1.0.0 vncserver script should take care of this.  It checks
> for the existence of a font server and, if present, uses the font
> server.  Otherwise, it builds a default font path using several known
> locations, including /usr/share/fonts/X11.
Hah, I don't use this script.

> Embedding a font path into Xvnc isn't really a good solution, as it's
> usually not going to be the right path for any machine except the one on
> which you built Xvnc.
Point taken, however I would argue that the location currently used as
default is even less likely to be right.
Doesn't the LSB say anything about this? it would make a better default.

As suggested by Adam Tkac in another email,
- --with-default-font-path=same locations that the vncserver script uses
Seems like a saner default than using:
- --with-fontdir=/usr/src/wherever..

Especially when, as far as I can tell, these options are not accessible
from the convenient top-level build-xorg-* scripts as they are down in
./xorg/xorg-server-*/configure

It just seems silly to require all users to stumble on something that is
so trivial.

Thanks
Antoine
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