VNC 4.0 on Soalris 8 with inetd

[Alasdair Ferro]

>> I'd begun to wonder if it was a CDE issue. I've tried an Openwindows 
>> login, but that fails in the same way. I've googled for the warning, 
>> with no joy - any suggestions on something else to try? I'm very much 
>> feeling my way around Solaris, so do suggest things that you think 
>> are obvious!
>>
>>>> I hope you can help, as google et. al have proved unable to!
>>>>
>>>> I am running VNC4.0 on Solaris 8 (2/04), via inetd. My inetd.conf 
>>>> line is thus:
>>>> vnc-1152x864x24 stream tcp nowait root  /space/tools/bin/Xvnc Xvnc 
>>>> -inetd -query localhost -once -geometry 1152x864 -depth 24 
>>>> -SecurityTypes=None -desktop="baltar-Sol8" -fp tcp/baltar:7100
>>>>
>>>> I can start a session via vncviewer, and get the CDE login prompt. 
>>>> I can enter a username & password, but then the VNCviewer window 
>>>> simply disappears. vncviewer informs me "end of stream" and nothing 
>>>> else. I've looked at /var/dt/Xerrors:
>>>> /usr/openwin/bin/xset: bad font path element (#38), possible causes 
>>>> are:
>>>> Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions
>>>> Directory missing fonts.dir
>>>> Incorrect font server address or syntax
>>>> Warning: Null child found in argumnet list to unmanage
>>>> dtlogin: recieved signal 11
>>>
>>> This indicates CDE, which services your login is quitting, its not 
>>> vnc to blame for this, Xvnc just quits because it is instructed to 
>>> do so by dtlogin.
>>> I don't think the fontpath is the problem, better look at the warning.
>>
> This all starts with a fontpatherror. IF it is just one of the 
> fontsdirectories
> in your fontpath, it should not be a problem. However, if this leaves 
> no fonts
> left (all fontdirectories are wrong) then I can imagine there are 
> problems.
>
> Since your Xvnc call does not specify any fontpath, the windowmanager 
> has to
> come with one. If they don't, there are no fonts and the windowmanager 
> might
> have a problem here...
>
> Try specifying a fontpath in the Xvnc-call, try the one you use on the 
> console.


Sorry, my previous reply lacked information that occurred to me after I 
hit send. What I have tried so far is:
I've set a fontpath using:
-fp tcp/baltar:7100 - I believe there is a font server running on port 
7100 - it's listed in /etc/services and /etc/inetd.conf
and:
-fp <path got from xset -q, with either : or , seperators>

I've checked the dirs listed by xset and I believe all of them to have 
suitable permissions (ie 755 at minimum) and to contain a fonts.dir file.

I'm not sure what else is required for a "valid" fonts dir, but if you 
can let me know, I'll check.

Thanks again!

Alasdair

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