fontpath problems (was: Re: found RedHat 5.2 vnc server problem

[Darxus]

On Tue, 24 Nov 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:

> This really _is_ strange. I know for sure that my X server works fine with
> the FontPath, but using the same FontPath for Xvnc makes Xvnc unhappy and
> looking for the "fixed" font.
> 
> Right, Debian uses probably a few patches on the X sources, but I don't
> think anything that would change this behaviour (I will double check,
> though).
> 
> Xvnc does complain in the log file with "failed to set default font path"
> (which stems from Xvnc/programs/Xserver/dix/main.c and dixfonts.c)
> 
> But with my Xserver I use, I get:
> Warning: The directory "/hjbfehjfeusr/local/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/" does not exist.
>          Entry deleted from font path.
> 
> So, there seems to be a difference indeed.
> 
> For Debian, I can solve this by checking if the path is valid and removing
> the invalid path segments. However, this is a source of confusion for all
> users, so maybe you want to fix this upstream. At the moment, I have hardly
> any time to work on this. Any takers?

Debian, at least my installation of it (v2.1) doe snot have the font
"fixed".  
Would this cause the error about failing to set the path ?

And where might I find this font ?  (I checked the packages, and installed
one, but didn't find it)
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