realvnc 3.3.5 still cannot read/display xmms playlist font in VNC

[Tristan Richardson]

It looks to me like it could be a problem with Xvnc not being able to read
the fonts that xmms is using.  If you've got a font server (xfs) running on
your linux box you could try doing:

  xset fp= tcp/localhost:7100

This tells Xvnc to use the font server instead.  Other people have reported
that this has fixed similar issues before.

Cheers

Tristan


----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc MERLIN" <marc_vnc@merlins.org>
To: "Jeff Walter" <jeff@jeffs-place.org>
Cc: <vnc-list@realvnc.com>
Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 9:13 AM
Subject: Re: realvnc 3.3.5 still cannot read/display xmms playlist font in
VNC


> On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 12:59:12AM -0800, Jeff Walter wrote:
> > > They all give me this:
> > > http://marc.merlins.org/tmp/xmms_vnc3.3.5.png
> >
> > This screenshot looks like the last.
>
> Not quite, in the last one, the colors on xmms were screwed up too.
> http://marc.merlins.org/tmp/vnc.png
> realvnc fixed that.
>
> >     Well, if the problem is not with the viewer, then there are two
> > possibilities left: vncserver and xmms.  But I think we can push
vncserver
> > to the side for now, seeing how you upgraded to 3.3.5.  So for the most
part
>
> I'd hope so, that said I've only tried tightvnc and realvnc 3.3.5. Maybe
> there are other servers I could try.
>
> Eh, how about this:
> I just tried x0rfbserver and connected locally to it on my laptop, which
> of course gives a weird effect  of displaying the desktop onto itself in
> a loop,  but I  did get to  see my  xmms fonts fine,  which leads  me to
> believe  that  maybe  the  X  configuration  spawned  by  vncserver  has
> something missing and is responsible for the bad display of xmms.
>
> At  this  point, I'd  say  that  it's not  necessarily  a  bug with  how
> vncserver transmits the  data for the xmms window, but  maybe a bug with
> the X session that vncserver spawns.
>
> > that leaves xmms.  Have you considered dumping xmms and re-installing
it?
>
> I had  the same problems on  two different machines, and  it worked fine
> when I ran x0rfbserver instead.
>
> I'd say that  the problem is with  the X session from  vncserver at this
> point.
>
> I'm however not quite sure how to fix it yet.
>
> Marc
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