Xvnc does not start up properly

Bug #550844 reported by Mark Ferguson
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
vnc4 (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

vnc4server exits unexpectedly before you can even try connecting to it

command line to run as user xxxx
su -c 'Xvnc -query localhost -once -geometry 1280x1024 -rfbauth /home/xxxx/.vnc/passwd :2' xxxx

output on console
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Xvnc Free Edition 4.1.1
Copyright (C) 2002-2005 RealVNC Ltd.
See http://www.realvnc.com for information on VNC.
Underlying X server release 70000000, The X.Org Foundation

Mon Mar 29 12:41:35 2010
 vncext: VNC extension running!
 vncext: Listening for VNC connections on port 5902
 vncext: created VNC server for screen 0
error opening security policy file /etc/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy
Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/TTF/, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/OTF, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/CID/, removing from list!
FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing.
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package details should be included by ubuntu-bug

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: vnc4server 4.1.1+xorg1.0.2-0ubuntu7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-17.26-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-17-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Mar 29 12:43:36 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: vnc4

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Mark Ferguson (mark-ferguson) wrote :
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Mark Ferguson (mark-ferguson) wrote :

This version seems to work
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: vnc4server 4.1.1+xorg4.3.0-37ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.31-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Apr 16 15:55:35 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/Xvnc4
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user)
SourcePackage: vnc4

Do I just close the bug report?

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dino99 (9d9) wrote :

Closing that outdated report as EOL has been reached long time ago

Changed in vnc4 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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