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Old Frequently Asked VNC QuestionsThese have been issues in the past but we believe they are fixed in the latest version of VNC. We have therefore moved them here from the main FAQ. Q. I've tried running the Linux Xvnc server, and it can't find the fonts despite the fact that I've set the font path correctly.The Xvnc 3.3.1 server doesn't understand compressed fonts as used by Xfree86. You can do one of the following:
To use a font server: - start a font server (xfs) -- Patrick Kursawe Patrick.Kursawe@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
Q. Why do all my X clients get a connection refused from Xvnc?There is a line missing in the vncserver script. Just after the line:
you need to add:
This adds a cookie for Xvnc's unix domain socket as well as its TCP socket. Thanks to Scott Johnston for suggesting this fix.
Q. I'm trying to build the VNC server but the system can't find 'xkb'!XKB is an extension to the X server which isn't needed at all. Make sure that in the Xvnc/config files BuildXKB is set to NO, not YES. |
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