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*SOLVED* Xvfb could not open default font 'fixed' [message #24010]

Fri, 30 November 2007 00:34

kennethburgener
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Registered: November 2007
Location: U.S.A.

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I have Xvfb running on my OpenVZ host OS (CentOS 5), but when I attempt to execute Xvfb within a VE (tried centos-5-i386-minimal and centos-4-i386-minimal OS templates) I receive the same error:

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# export DISPLAY=:1.0
# Xvfb :1 -screen 0 800x600x16 &

Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/, removing from list!

Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'
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I am installing Xvfb using "vzyum 1 install xorg-x11-server-Xvfb" to install Xvfb on the VEs (the package is named slightly different on the centos-4 template).

I tried installing x11-fonts-base package, and several others, but none seem to include this mysterious "fixed" font file.

Any ideas where I can find this default font or how I can install it?

Thanks

[Updated on: Sat, 01 December 2007 19:01] by Moderator

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Re: Xvfb could not open default font 'fixed' [message #24019 is a reply to message #24010]

Fri, 30 November 2007 07:29

maratrus
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Registered: August 2007
Location: Moscow

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Hi,

I'm not sure that it is helps you, because a have no knowledges about Xvfb Embarassed

, but try to define the path of the directory containing the fonts manually with -fp option. I mean following:

#export DISPLAY=:1.0
#Xvfb :1 -fp /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc -screen 0 800x600x16 &

Thank You

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Re: Xvfb could not open default font 'fixed' [message #24021 is a reply to message #24010]

Fri, 30 November 2007 08:11

kir
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Registered: August 2005
Location: Moscow, Russia

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On my Fedora 8 box this is in package named xorg-x11-fonts-misc, so you might try installing x11-fonts-misc package.

'fixed' is defined in fonts.alias file as follows:
fixed -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso885 9-1

Kir Kolyshkin

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Re: Xvfb could not open default font 'fixed' [message #24071 is a reply to message #24021]

Fri, 30 November 2007 16:57

kennethburgener
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Registered: November 2007
Location: U.S.A.

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Well that worked, sort of. I tried using vzyum to install the package and this did not resolve the issue. When I used yum locally on the VE it did. Are there know problems with vzyum? Does using yum locally on a VE cause any corruption?

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Re: Xvfb could not open default font 'fixed' [message #24084 is a reply to message #24071]

Fri, 30 November 2007 18:28

khorenko
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Registered: January 2006
Location: Moscow, Russia

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i've replied there:
http://forum.openvz.org/index.php?t=msg&goto=24082&# msg_24082

If your problem is solved - please, report it!
It's even more important than reporting the problem itself...

[Updated on: Fri, 30 November 2007 18:28]

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Re: *SOLVED* Xvfb could not open default font 'fixed' [message #24298 is a reply to message #24010]

Mon, 03 December 2007 18:35

kennethburgener
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Registered: November 2007
Location: U.S.A.

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Okay, thank you for your help!

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Re: Xvfb could not open default font 'fixed' [message #25453 is a reply to message #24071]

Wed, 26 December 2007 09:12

kir
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Registered: August 2005
Location: Moscow, Russia

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Can you please provide the following information:

1. Which centos5 metadata have you used?
2. Full log of vzyum session.

Kir Kolyshkin

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Re: Xvfb could not open default font 'fixed' [message #25467 is a reply to message #24071]

Wed, 26 December 2007 18:22

efball
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Registered: September 2006
Location: Santa Rosa, California

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kennethburgener wrote on Fri, 30 November 2007 11:57

I had the same problem with the fonts not working. I fixed it with:

cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts
mkfontdir misc 75dpi 100dpi

The post install scripts aren't working unless you install them like you did.

E Frank Ball efball@efball.com

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