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vncserver won't start [message #9473] Fri, 05 January 2007 05:45 Go to next message
efball is currently offline  efball
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Registered: September 2006
Location: Santa Rosa, California
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I'm trying to run a vncserver from within openvz.
According to the wiki this should be easy:
http://wiki.openvz.org/X_inside_VE

My vncserver dies with a "could not open default font 'fixed'" error.

My base server is RedHat Enterprise 4, and my VEs are CentOS 4.

I've done much googling and I'm not getting anywhere.
Here is my vncserver log:


Xvnc version 4.0 - built Feb 21 2005 15:50:07
Underlying X server release 60801000, The X.Org Foundation


Thu Jan 4 16:29:02 2007
vncext: VNC extension running!
vncext: Listening for VNC connections on port 5901
vncext: Listening for HTTP connections on port 5801
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'
xsetroot: unable to open display 'bessel:1'
vncconfig: unable to open display "bessel:1"
twm: unable to open display "bessel:1"
xterm Xt error: Can't open display: bessel:1

-------------------------------------------------

Here are the relevant xorg rpms I have installed:

rpm -qa | grep xorg | sort
fonts-xorg-100dpi-6.8.2-1.EL
fonts-xorg-75dpi-6.8.2-1.EL
fonts-xorg-base-6.8.2-1.EL
xorg-x11-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2
xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2
xorg-x11-Mesa-libGLU-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2
xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2
xorg-x11-font-utils-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2
xorg-x11-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2
xorg-x11-tools-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2
xorg-x11-twm-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2
xorg-x11-xauth-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2
xorg-x11-xdm-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2
xorg-x11-xfs-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2

Here's a clue, but I don't know how to fix it:
# fslsfonts -server unix/:7100 -ll -fn fixed
fslsfonts: pattern "fixed" unmatched

I've tried running
vncserver :1
vncserver -fp unix/:7100
vncserver -fp /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc

I've edited /usr/bin/vncserver and uncommented:
$cmd .= " -fp /usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/";
This did fix a couple of errors, but not the fatal one.

I've restarted xfs many times, and it is running:
# service xfs status
xfs (pid 23795) is running...

Any help?, Thanks

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E Frank Ball efball@efball.com
Re: vncserver won't start [message #9477 is a reply to message #9473] Fri, 05 January 2007 14:37 Go to previous messageGo to next message
ajneil is currently offline  ajneil
Messages: 11
Registered: November 2006
Location: Fairfax
Junior Member
do you have the xfs service running?


On 1/5/07, E Frank Ball <efball@efball.com> wrote:
>
> I'm trying to run a vncserver from within openvz.
> According to the wiki this should be easy:
> http://wiki.openvz.org/X_inside_VE
>
> My vncserver dies with a "could not open default font 'fixed'" error.
>
> My base server is RedHat Enterprise 4, and my VEs are CentOS 4.
>
> I've done much googling and I'm not getting anywhere.
> Here is my vncserver log:
>
>
> Xvnc version 4.0 - built Feb 21 2005 15:50:07
> Underlying X server release 60801000, The X.Org Foundation
>
>
> Thu Jan 4 16:29:02 2007
> vncext: VNC extension running!
> vncext: Listening for VNC connections on port 5901
> vncext: Listening for HTTP connections on port 5801
> 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'
> xsetroot: unable to open display 'bessel:1'
> vncconfig: unable to open display "bessel:1"
> twm: unable to open display "bessel:1"
> xterm Xt error: Can't open display: bessel:1
>
> -------------------------------------------------
>
> Here are the relevant xorg rpms I have installed:
>
> rpm -qa | grep xorg | sort
> fonts-xorg-100dpi-6.8.2-1.EL
> fonts-xorg-75dpi-6.8.2-1.EL
> fonts-xorg-base-6.8.2-1.EL
> xorg-x11-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2
> xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2
> xorg-x11-Mesa-libGLU-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2
> xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2
> xorg-x11-font-utils-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2
> xorg-x11-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2
> xorg-x11-tools-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2
> xorg-x11-twm-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2
> xorg-x11-xauth-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2
> xorg-x11-xdm-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2
> xorg-x11-xfs-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2
>
> Here's a clue, but I don't know how to fix it:
> # fslsfonts -server unix/:7100 -ll -fn fixed
> fslsfonts: pattern "fixed" unmatched
>
> I've tried running
> vncserver :1
> vncserver -fp unix/:7100
> vncserver -fp /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc
>
> I've edited /usr/bin/vncserver and uncommented:
> $cmd .= " -fp /usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/";
> This did fix a couple of errors, but not the fatal one.
>
> I've restarted xfs many times, and it is running:
> # service xfs status
> xfs (pid 23795) is running...
>
> Any help?, Thanks
>
> --
>
> E Frank Ball efball@efball.com
Re: vncserver won't start FIXED [message #9522 is a reply to message #9473] Tue, 09 January 2007 01:01 Go to previous message
efball is currently offline  efball
Messages: 41
Registered: September 2006
Location: Santa Rosa, California
Member
Problem: vncserver wouldn't start

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


Solution:

cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts
mkfontdir misc
/etc/init.d/xfs restart

vncserver runs fine now.


On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 09:45:49PM -0800, E Frank Ball wrote:
> I'm trying to run a vncserver from within openvz.
> According to the wiki this should be easy:
> http://wiki.openvz.org/X_inside_VE
>
> My vncserver dies with a "could not open default font 'fixed'" error.
>
> My base server is RedHat Enterprise 4, and my VEs are CentOS 4.
>
> I've done much googling and I'm not getting anywhere.
> Here is my vncserver log:
>
>
> Xvnc version 4.0 - built Feb 21 2005 15:50:07
> Underlying X server release 60801000, The X.Org Foundation
>
>
> Thu Jan 4 16:29:02 2007
> vncext: VNC extension running!
> vncext: Listening for VNC connections on port 5901
> vncext: Listening for HTTP connections on port 5801
> 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'
> xsetroot: unable to open display 'bessel:1'
> vncconfig: unable to open display "bessel:1"
> twm: unable to open display "bessel:1"
> xterm Xt error: Can't open display: bessel:1
>
> -------------------------------------------------
>
> Here are the relevant xorg rpms I have installed:
>
> rpm -qa | grep xorg | sort
> fonts-xorg-100dpi-6.8.2-1.EL
> fonts-xorg-75dpi-6.8.2-1.EL
> fonts-xorg-base-6.8.2-1.EL
> xorg-x11-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2
> xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2
> xorg-x11-Mesa-libGLU-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2
> xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2
> xorg-x11-font-utils-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2
> xorg-x11-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2
> xorg-x11-tools-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2
> xorg-x11-twm-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2
> xorg-x11-xauth-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2
> xorg-x11-xdm-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2
> xorg-x11-xfs-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.2
>
> Here's a clue, but I don't know how to fix it:
> # fslsfonts -server unix/:7100 -ll -fn fixed
> fslsfonts: pattern "fixed" unmatched
>
> I've tried running
> vncserver :1
> vncserver -fp unix/:7100
> vncserver -fp /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc
>
> I've edited /usr/bin/vncserver and uncommented:
> $cmd .= " -fp /usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/";
> This did fix a couple of errors, but not the fatal one.
>
> I've restarted xfs many times, and it is running:
> # service xfs status
> xfs (pid 23795) is running...
>
> Any help?, Thanks
>
> --
>
> E Frank Ball efball@efball.com
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E Frank Ball efball@efball.com
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