double byte char translation from Solaris 2.8 to W2K !working.

Akira Hatakeyama akira "at" sra.co.jp
Tue Aug 20 06:45:02 2002


Greetings.

On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 08:04:28AM -0600, Tina DiPaolo wrote:
> I'm having a problem displaying double byte characters from Solaris 2.8/9
> system where I'm running vncserver.  The console displays on my W2K system
> running vncviewer, however the Japanese double byte characters are not
> being translated correctly. (i've attached a screen shot)  I set the viewer
> to "/usr/dt/bin/dtsession &" in the solaris xstartup file.  Any one know if
> there is a parameter that I can set for dtsession that will translate the
> fonts correctly or is there something else I need to do?

It is well known solaris problem.  Solaris uses non-standard fonts,
they are not supported with normal vncserver.  Add font (font path)
of the solaris desktop to vncserver script.

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