VNCServer fails to find 'fonts' for only one user.

ObviouslyConfused · 11-02-2009, 07:10 PM

I have a ROCKS installation, and every user on the system can start up their own vncservers just fine with the exception of one user. He gets the infamous:

Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'.

As I said, no one else receives this error, and they all can run a vncserver just fine. Also, this user used to be able to run it just fine, but now he is "magically" having problems.

I have su'ed into his account to ensure that his setup, at least as far as OS (Windows) and SSH, aren't the issue. When I attempt to run "vncserver" as him, I get the same error.

Also, I tried piping the fonts directory straight into the vncserver via:

vncserver -fp /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/

And still it gives me the same error. I then tried ensuring that he could read the files in these directories to rule out some sort of permissions issue, but there was no problem there. He is able to open, but not write obviously, all of the randomly sampled files.

I have gone through every config file specific to his username and have come up with nothing.

Any suggestions are welcome.

Thank you.

raskin · 11-03-2009, 12:20 AM

Su into his account. Run

Code:

strace -f -s 1024 -o /tmp/vncserver-debug.log vncserver :99 -fp \
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/

(strace: trace system calls
-f : follow forks
-s 1024 : do not truncate text lines unless they are >1KB
-o log : output to a file called "log"
)

You can look in the log to understand where vncserver looks for fonts, and post it here.

By the way, check that vncserver is not an alias in the user's shell configuration. Also check that the correct vncserver instance is found in the path..

ObviouslyConfused · 11-03-2009, 01:11 PM

Code:

22739 open("/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/fonts.alias", O_RDONLY) = 6
22739 fstat(6, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=3066, ...}) = 0
22739 fstat(6, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=3066, ...}) = 0
22739 mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x2a95b08000
22739 read(6, "lucidasans-bolditalic-8 -b&h-lucida-bold-i-normal-sans-8-80-75-75-p-49-iso8859-1\nlucidasans-bolditalic-10 -b&h-lucida-bold-i-normal-sans-10-100-75-75-p-67-iso8859-1\nlucidasans-bolditalic-12 -b&h-lucida-bold-i-normal-sa
ns-12-120-75-75-p-79-iso8859-1\nlucidasans-bolditalic-14 -b&h-lucida-bold-i-normal-sans-14-140-75-75-p-92-iso8859-1\nlucidasans-bolditalic-18 -b&h-lucida-bold-i-normal-sans-18-180-75-75-p-119-iso8859-1\nlucidasans-bolditalic-24 -b&h-lu
cida-bold-i-normal-sans-24-240-75-75-p-151-iso8859-1\nlucidasans-bold-8 -b&h-lucida-bold-r-normal-sans-8-80-75-75-p-50-iso8859-1\nlucidasans-bold-10 -b&h-lucida-bold-r-normal-sans-10-100-75-75-p-66-iso8859-1\nlucidasans-bold-12 -b&h-lu
cida-bold-r-normal-sans-12-120-75-75-p-79-iso8859-1\nlucidasans-bold-14 -b&h-lucida-bold-r-normal-sans-14-140-75-75-p-92-iso8859-1\nlucidasans-bold-18 -b&h-lucida-bold-r-normal-sans-18-180-75-75-p-120-iso8859-1\nlucidasans-bold-24 -b&h
-lucida-bold-r-normal-sans-24-240-75-75-p-152-iso8859-1\nlucidasans-italic-8 -b&h-lucida-medium-i-normal-sans-8"..., 4096) = 3066
22739 read(6, "", 4096)                 = 0
22739 close(6)                          = 0
22739 munmap(0x2a95b08000, 4096)        = 0
22739 brk(0x9d9000)                     = 0x9d9000
22739 brk(0x9c9000)                     = 0x9c9000
22739 open("/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/fonts.dir", O_RDONLY) = 6
22739 fstat(6, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=34554, ...}) = 0
22739 fstat(6, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=34554, ...}) = 0
22739 mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x2a95b08000
22739 read(6, "406\nUTBI__10-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-utopia-bold-i-normal--14-100-100-100-p-78-iso8859-1\nUTBI__10.pcf.gz -adobe-utopia-bold-i-normal--14-100-100-100-p-78-iso10646-1\nUTBI__12-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-utopia-bold-i-norma
l--17-120-100-100-p-93-iso8859-1\nUTBI__12.pcf.gz -adobe-utopia-bold-i-normal--17-120-100-100-p-93-iso10646-1\nUTBI__14-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-utopia-bold-i-normal--19-140-100-100-p-109-iso8859-1\nUTBI__14.pcf.gz -adobe-utopia-bold-i-
normal--19-140-100-100-p-109-iso10646-1\nUTBI__18-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-utopia-bold-i-normal--25-180-100-100-p-139-iso8859-1\nUTBI__18.pcf.gz -adobe-utopia-bold-i-normal--25-180-100-100-p-139-iso10646-1\nUTBI__24-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -ad
obe-utopia-bold-i-normal--33-240-100-100-p-186-iso8859-1\nUTBI__24.pcf.gz -adobe-utopia-bold-i-normal--33-240-100-100-p-186-iso10646-1\nUTB___10-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-utopia-bold-r-normal--14-100-100-100-p-78-iso8859-1\nUTB___10.pcf.
gz -adobe-utopia-bold-r-normal--14-100-100-100-p-78-iso10646-1\nUTB___12-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-utopia-bold-r-n"..., 4096) = 4096
22739 read(6, "iso8859-1\ncharBI18.pcf.gz -bitstream-charter-bold-i-normal--25-180-100-100-p-154-iso8859-1\ncharBI24.pcf.gz -bitstream-charter-bold-i-normal--33-240-100-100-p-203-iso8859-1\ncharI08.pcf.gz -bitstream-charter-medium-i-no
rmal--11-80-100-100-p-60-iso8859-1\ncharI10.pcf.gz -bitstream-charter-medium-i-normal--14-100-100-100-p-76-iso8859-1\ncharI12.pcf.gz -bitstream-charter-medium-i-normal--17-120-100-100-p-92-iso8859-1\ncharI14.pcf.gz -bitstream-charter-m
edium-i-normal--19-140-100-100-p-103-iso8859-1\ncharI18.pcf.gz -bitstream-charter-medium-i-normal--25-180-100-100-p-136-iso8859-1\ncharI24.pcf.gz -bitstream-charter-medium-i-normal--33-240-100-100-p-179-iso8859-1\ncharR08.pcf.gz -bitstream-charter-medium-r-normal--11-80-100-100-p-61-iso8859-1\ncharR10.pcf.gz -bitstream-charter-medium-r-normal--14-100-100-100-p-78-iso8859-1\ncharR12.pcf.gz -bitstream-charter-medium-r-normal--17-120-100-100-p-95-iso8859-1\ncharR14.pcf.gz -bitstream-charter-medium-r-normal--19-140-100-100-p-106-iso8859-1\ncharR18.pcf.gz -bitstream-charter-medium"..., 4096) = 409622739 read(6, "6-1\ncourR08-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--11-80-100-100-m-60-iso8859-1\ncourR08.pcf.gz -adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--11-80-100-100-m-60-iso10646-1\ncourR10-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--14-100-100-100-m-90-iso8859-1\ncourR10.pcf.gz -adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--14-100-100-100-m-90-iso10646-1\ncourR12-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--17-120-100-100-m-100-iso8859-1\ncourR12.pcf.gz -adobe-courier
-medium-r-normal--17-120-100-100-m-100-iso10646-1\ncourR14-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--20-140-100-100-m-110-iso8859-1\ncourR14.pcf.gz -adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--20-140-100-100-m-110-iso10646-1\ncourR18-ISO8859
-1.pcf.gz -adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--25-180-100-100-m-150-iso8859-1\ncourR18.pcf.gz -adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--25-180-100-100-m-150-iso10646-1\ncourR24-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--34-240-100-100-m-200-iso
8859-1\ncourR24.pcf.gz -adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--34-240-100-100-m-200-iso10646-1\nhelvB08-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz"..., 4096) = 4096
22739 read(6, "o8859-1\nhelvR08.pcf.gz -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--11-80-100-100-p-56-iso10646-1\nhelvR10-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--14-100-100-100-p-76-iso8859-1\nhelvR10.pcf.gz -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-
normal--14-100-100-100-p-76-iso10646-1\nhelvR12-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--17-120-100-100-p-88-iso8859-1\nhelvR12.pcf.gz -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--17-120-100-100-p-88-iso10646-1\nhelvR14-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz
 -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--20-140-100-100-p-100-iso8859-1\nhelvR14.pcf.gz -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--20-140-100-100-p-100-iso10646-1\nhelvR18-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--25-180-100-100-p-130-iso885
9-1\nhelvR18.pcf.gz -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--25-180-100-100-p-130-iso10646-1\nhelvR24-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--34-240-100-100-p-176-iso8859-1\nhelvR24.pcf.gz -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--34-240-1
00-100-p-176-iso10646-1\nluBIS08-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -b&h-lucida-bold-i-normal-sans-11-80-100-100-p-69-iso8859-1\nl"..., 4096) = 4096
22739 read(6, "rmal-sans-26-190-100-100-p-147-iso8859-1\nluIS19.pcf.gz -b&h-lucida-medium-i-normal-sans-26-190-100-100-p-147-iso10646-1\nluIS24-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -b&h-lucida-medium-i-normal-sans-34-240-100-100-p-192-iso8859-1\nluIS24.pcf.gz -b&h-lucida-medium-i-normal-sans-34-240-100-100-p-192-iso10646-1\nluRS08-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -b&h-lucida-medium-r-normal-sans-11-80-100-100-p-63-iso8859-1\nluRS08.pcf.gz -b&h-lucida-medium-r-normal-sans-11-80-100-100-p-63-iso10646-1\nluRS10-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -b&h-lucida-medium-r-normal-sans-14-100-100-100-p-80-iso8859-1\nluRS10.pcf.gz -b&h-lucida-medium-r-normal-sans-14-100-100-100-p-80-iso10646-1\nluRS12-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -b&h-lucida-medium-r-normal-sans-17-120-100
-100-p-96-iso8859-1\nluRS12.pcf.gz -b&h-lucida-medium-r-normal-sans-17-120-100-100-p-96-iso10646-1\nluRS14-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -b&h-lucida-medium-r-normal-sans-20-140-100-100-p-114-iso8859-1\nluRS14.pcf.gz -b&h-lucida-medium-r-normal-sans
-20-140-100-100-p-114-iso10646-1\nluRS18-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -b&h-lucida-medium-r-normal-sans-25-180-100-100-p-142"..., 4096) = 4096
22739 read(6, "lucidabright-medium-i-normal--14-100-100-100-p-80-iso8859-1\nlubI10.pcf.gz -b&h-lucidabright-medium-i-normal--14-100-100-100-p-80-iso10646-1\nlubI12-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -b&h-lucidabright-medium-i-normal--17-120-100-100-p-96
-iso8859-1\nlubI12.pcf.gz -b&h-lucidabright-medium-i-normal--17-120-100-100-p-96-iso10646-1\nlubI14-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -b&h-lucidabright-medium-i-normal--20-140-100-100-p-113-iso8859-1\nlubI14.pcf.gz -b&h-lucidabright-medium-i-normal--20
-140-100-100-p-113-iso10646-1\nlubI18-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -b&h-lucidabright-medium-i-normal--25-180-100-100-p-142-iso8859-1\nlubI18.pcf.gz -b&h-lucidabright-medium-i-normal--25-180-100-100-p-142-iso10646-1\nlubI19-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -b&h-lu
cidabright-medium-i-normal--26-190-100-100-p-148-iso8859-1\nlubI19.pcf.gz -b&h-lucidabright-medium-i-normal--26-190-100-100-p-148-iso10646-1\nlubI24-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -b&h-lucidabright-medium-i-normal--34-240-100-100-p-194-iso8859-1\nlu
bI24.pcf.gz -b&h-lucidabright-medium-i-normal--34-240-100-100-p-194-iso10646-1\nlubR08-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -b&h-lu"..., 4096) = 4096
22739 read(6, "ans-20-140-100-100-m-120-iso8859-1\nlutRS14.pcf.gz -b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-sans-20-140-100-100-m-120-iso10646-1\nlutRS18-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-sans-25-180-100-100-m-150-iso8
859-1\nlutRS18.pcf.gz -b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-sans-25-180-100-100-m-150-iso10646-1\nlutRS19-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-sans-26-190-100-100-m-159-iso8859-1\nlutRS19.pcf.gz -b&h-lucidatypewriter-
medium-r-normal-sans-26-190-100-100-m-159-iso10646-1\nlutRS24-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-sans-34-240-100-100-m-200-iso8859-1\nlutRS24.pcf.gz -b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-sans-34-240-100-100-m-200-is
o10646-1\nncenB08-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-new century schoolbook-bold-r-normal--11-80-100-100-p-66-iso8859-1\nncenB08.pcf.gz -adobe-new century schoolbook-bold-r-normal--11-80-100-100-p-66-iso10646-1\nncenB10-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-ne
w century schoolbook-bold-r-normal--14-100-100-100-p-87-iso8859-1\nncenB10.pcf.gz -adobe-new century schoolboo"..., 4096) = 4096
22739 brk(0x9ea000)                     = 0x9ea000
22739 read(6, "gz -adobe-new century schoolbook-medium-i-normal--34-240-100-100-p-182-iso10646-1\nncenR08-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-new century schoolbook-medium-r-normal--11-80-100-100-p-60-iso8859-1\nncenR08.pcf.gz -adobe-new century s
choolbook-medium-r-normal--11-80-100-100-p-60-iso10646-1\nncenR10-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-new century schoolbook-medium-r-normal--14-100-100-100-p-82-iso8859-1\nncenR10.pcf.gz -adobe-new century schoolbook-medium-r-normal--14-100-100-1
00-p-82-iso10646-1\nncenR12-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-new century schoolbook-medium-r-normal--17-120-100-100-p-91-iso8859-1\nncenR12.pcf.gz -adobe-new century schoolbook-medium-r-normal--17-120-100-100-p-91-iso10646-1\nncenR14-ISO8859-1.
pcf.gz -adobe-new century schoolbook-medium-r-normal--20-140-100-100-p-103-iso8859-1\nncenR14.pcf.gz -adobe-new century schoolbook-medium-r-normal--20-140-100-100-p-103-iso10646-1\nncenR18-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-new century schoolbook
-medium-r-normal--25-180-100-100-p-136-iso8859-1\nncenR18.pcf.gz -adobe-new century schoolbook-medium-r-norma"..., 4096) = 4096
22739 read(6, "-11-80-100-100-p-52-iso10646-1\ntimI10-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-times-medium-i-normal--14-100-100-100-p-73-iso8859-1\ntimI10.pcf.gz -adobe-times-medium-i-normal--14-100-100-100-p-73-iso10646-1\ntimI12-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -ad
obe-times-medium-i-normal--17-120-100-100-p-84-iso8859-1\ntimI12.pcf.gz -adobe-times-medium-i-normal--17-120-100-100-p-84-iso10646-1\ntimI14-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-times-medium-i-normal--20-140-100-100-p-94-iso8859-1\ntimI14.pcf.gz -a
dobe-times-medium-i-normal--20-140-100-100-p-94-iso10646-1\ntimI18-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-times-medium-i-normal--25-180-100-100-p-125-iso8859-1\ntimI18.pcf.gz -adobe-times-medium-i-normal--25-180-100-100-p-125-iso10646-1\ntimI24-ISO88
59-1.pcf.gz -adobe-times-medium-i-normal--34-240-100-100-p-168-iso8859-1\ntimI24.pcf.gz -adobe-times-medium-i-normal--34-240-100-100-p-168-iso10646-1\ntimR08-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-times-medium-r-normal--11-80-100-100-p-54-iso8859-1\n
timR08.pcf.gz -adobe-times-medium-r-normal--11-80-100-100-p-54-iso10646-1\ntimR10-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-times-"..., 4096) = 1786
22739 read(6, "", 4096)                 = 0
22739 read(6, "", 4096)                 = 0
22739 close(6)                          = 0
22739 munmap(0x2a95b08000, 4096)        = 0
22739 open("/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/fonts.alias", O_RDONLY) = 6
22739 fstat(6, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=3154, ...}) = 0
22739 fstat(6, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=3154, ...}) = 0
22739 mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x2a95b08000
22739 read(6, "lucidasans-bolditalic-8 -b&h-lucida-bold-i-normal-sans-11-80-100-100-p-69-iso8859-1\nlucidasans-bolditalic-10 -b&h-lucida-bold-i-normal-sans-14-100-100-100-p-90-iso8859-1\nlucidasans-bolditalic-12 -b&h-lucida-bold-i-normal-sans-17-120-100-100-p-108-iso8859-1\nlucidasans-bolditalic-14 -b&h-lucida-bold-i-normal-sans-20-140-100-100-p-127-iso8859-1\nlucidasans-bolditalic-18 -b&h-lucida-bold-i-normal-sans-25-180-100-100-p-159-iso8859-1\nlucidasans-bolditalic-24 -b&h-lucida-bold-i-normal-sans-34-240-100-100-p-215-iso8859-1\nlucidasans-bold-8 -b&h-lucida-bold-r-normal-sans-11-80-100-100-p-70-iso8859-1\nlucidasans-bold-10 -b&h-lucida-bold-r-normal-sans-14-100-100-100-p-89-iso8859-1\nlucidasans-bold-12 -b&h-lucida-bold-r-normal-sans-17-120-100-100-p-108-iso8859-1\nlucidasans-bold-14 -b&h-lucida-bold-r-normal-sans-20-140-100-100-p-127-iso8859-1\nlucidasans-bold-18 -b&h-lucida-bold-r-normal-sans-25-180-100-100-p-158-iso8859-1\nlucidasans-bold-24 -b&h-lucida-bold-r-normal-sans-34-240-100-100-p-216-iso8859-1\nlucidasans-italic-8 -b&h"..., 4096) = 3154
22739 read(6, "", 4096)                 = 0
22739 close(6)                          = 0
22739 munmap(0x2a95b08000, 4096)        = 0
22739 brk(0xa14000)                     = 0xa14000
22739 brk(0xa03000)                     = 0xa03000
22739 open("/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/6x13-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz", O_RDONLY) = 6
22739 close(6)                          = 0
22739 open("/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/6x13-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz", O_RDONLY) = 6
22739 close(6)                          = 0
22739 write(2, "\nFatal server error:\n", 21) = 21
22739 write(2, "could not open default font \'fixed\'", 35) = 35
22739 write(2, "\n", 1)                 = 1

I only posted a snippet because I'm not exactly sure what you need and I'm not entirely comfortable with posting the whole thing. It appears that it is successfully opening and reading files including "6x13-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz", but it still throws an error.

raskin · 11-03-2009, 01:15 PM

Maybe you should compare behaviors under two users using strace.. Especially set of .alias file opened.

ObviouslyConfused · 11-03-2009, 02:45 PM

Sorry. I originally did this, but, as you can see, there is no difference between the two with the obvious exception that one continues one and the other fails.

Code:

29962 open("/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/fonts.alias", O_RDONLY) = 6
29962 fstat(6, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=3066, ...}) = 0
29962 fstat(6, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=3066, ...}) = 0
29962 mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x2a959f9000
29962 read(6, "lucidasans-bolditalic-8 -b&h-lucida-bold-i-normal-sans-8-80-75-75-p-49-iso8859-1\nlucidasans-bolditalic-10 -b&h-lucida-bold-i-normal-sans-10-100-75-75-p-67-iso8859-1\nlucidasans-bolditalic-12 -b&h-lucida-bold-i-n
ormal-sans-12-120-75-75-p-79-iso8859-1\nlucidasans-bolditalic-14 -b&h-lucida-bold-i-normal-sans-14-140-75-75-p-92-iso8859-1\nlucidasans-bolditalic-18 -b&h-lucida-bold-i-normal-sans-18-180-75-75-p-119-iso8859-1\nlucidasans-boldi
talic-24 -b&h-lucida-bold-i-normal-sans-24-240-75-75-p-151-iso8859-1\nlucidasans-bold-8 -b&h-lucida-bold-r-normal-sans-8-80-75-75-p-50-iso8859-1\nlucidasans-bold-10 -b&h-lucida-bold-r-normal-sans-10-100-75-75-p-66-iso8859-1\nlu
cidasans-bold-12 -b&h-lucida-bold-r-normal-sans-12-120-75-75-p-79-iso8859-1\nlucidasans-bold-14 -b&h-lucida-bold-r-normal-sans-14-140-75-75-p-92-iso8859-1\nlucidasans-bold-18 -b&h-lucida-bold-r-normal-sans-18-180-75-75-p-120-is
o8859-1\nlucidasans-bold-24 -b&h-lucida-bold-r-normal-sans-24-240-75-75-p-152-iso8859-1\nlucidasans-italic-8 -b&h-lucida-medium-i-normal-sans-8"..., 4096) = 3066
29962 read(6, "", 4096)                 = 0
29962 close(6)                          = 0
29962 munmap(0x2a959f9000, 4096)        = 0
29962 brk(0x9d9000)                     = 0x9d9000
29962 brk(0x9c9000)                     = 0x9c9000
29962 open("/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/fonts.dir", O_RDONLY) = 6
29962 fstat(6, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=34554, ...}) = 0
29962 fstat(6, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=34554, ...}) = 0
29962 mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x2a959f9000
29962 read(6, "406\nUTBI__10-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-utopia-bold-i-normal--14-100-100-100-p-78-iso8859-1\nUTBI__10.pcf.gz -adobe-utopia-bold-i-normal--14-100-100-100-p-78-iso10646-1\nUTBI__12-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-utopia-bold
-i-normal--17-120-100-100-p-93-iso8859-1\nUTBI__12.pcf.gz -adobe-utopia-bold-i-normal--17-120-100-100-p-93-iso10646-1\nUTBI__14-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-utopia-bold-i-normal--19-140-100-100-p-109-iso8859-1\nUTBI__14.pcf.gz -adob
e-utopia-bold-i-normal--19-140-100-100-p-109-iso10646-1\nUTBI__18-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-utopia-bold-i-normal--25-180-100-100-p-139-iso8859-1\nUTBI__18.pcf.gz -adobe-utopia-bold-i-normal--25-180-100-100-p-139-iso10646-1\nUTBI_
_24-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-utopia-bold-i-normal--33-240-100-100-p-186-iso8859-1\nUTBI__24.pcf.gz -adobe-utopia-bold-i-normal--33-240-100-100-p-186-iso10646-1\nUTB___10-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-utopia-bold-r-normal--14-100-100-1
00-p-78-iso8859-1\nUTB___10.pcf.gz -adobe-utopia-bold-r-normal--14-100-100-100-p-78-iso10646-1\nUTB___12-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-utopia-bold-r-n"..., 4096) = 4096
29962 read(6, "iso8859-1\ncharBI18.pcf.gz -bitstream-charter-bold-i-normal--25-180-100-100-p-154-iso8859-1\ncharBI24.pcf.gz -bitstream-charter-bold-i-normal--33-240-100-100-p-203-iso8859-1\ncharI08.pcf.gz -bitstream-charter-med
ium-i-normal--11-80-100-100-p-60-iso8859-1\ncharI10.pcf.gz -bitstream-charter-medium-i-normal--14-100-100-100-p-76-iso8859-1\ncharI12.pcf.gz -bitstream-charter-medium-i-normal--17-120-100-100-p-92-iso8859-1\ncharI14.pcf.gz -bit
stream-charter-medium-i-normal--19-140-100-100-p-103-iso8859-1\ncharI18.pcf.gz -bitstream-charter-medium-i-normal--25-180-100-100-p-136-iso8859-1\ncharI24.pcf.gz -bitstream-charter-medium-i-normal--33-240-100-100-p-179-iso8859-
1\ncharR08.pcf.gz -bitstream-charter-medium-r-normal--11-80-100-100-p-61-iso8859-1\ncharR10.pcf.gz -bitstream-charter-medium-r-normal--14-100-100-100-p-78-iso8859-1\ncharR12.pcf.gz -bitstream-charter-medium-r-normal--17-120-100
-100-p-95-iso8859-1\ncharR14.pcf.gz -bitstream-charter-medium-r-normal--19-140-100-100-p-106-iso8859-1\ncharR18.pcf.gz -bitstream-charter-medium"..., 4096) = 4096
29962 read(6, "6-1\ncourR08-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--11-80-100-100-m-60-iso8859-1\ncourR08.pcf.gz -adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--11-80-100-100-m-60-iso10646-1\ncourR10-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-courier-me
dium-r-normal--14-100-100-100-m-90-iso8859-1\ncourR10.pcf.gz -adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--14-100-100-100-m-90-iso10646-1\ncourR12-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--17-120-100-100-m-100-iso8859-1\ncourR12.pcf.g
z -adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--17-120-100-100-m-100-iso10646-1\ncourR14-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--20-140-100-100-m-110-iso8859-1\ncourR14.pcf.gz -adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--20-140-100-100-m-110-iso
10646-1\ncourR18-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--25-180-100-100-m-150-iso8859-1\ncourR18.pcf.gz -adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--25-180-100-100-m-150-iso10646-1\ncourR24-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-courier-medium-r-
normal--34-240-100-100-m-200-iso8859-1\ncourR24.pcf.gz -adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--34-240-100-100-m-200-iso10646-1\nhelvB08-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz"..., 4096) = 4096
29962 read(6, "o8859-1\nhelvR08.pcf.gz -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--11-80-100-100-p-56-iso10646-1\nhelvR10-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--14-100-100-100-p-76-iso8859-1\nhelvR10.pcf.gz -adobe-helvetica-m
edium-r-normal--14-100-100-100-p-76-iso10646-1\nhelvR12-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--17-120-100-100-p-88-iso8859-1\nhelvR12.pcf.gz -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--17-120-100-100-p-88-iso10646-1\nhelvR14-
ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--20-140-100-100-p-100-iso8859-1\nhelvR14.pcf.gz -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--20-140-100-100-p-100-iso10646-1\nhelvR18-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--25-
180-100-100-p-130-iso8859-1\nhelvR18.pcf.gz -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--25-180-100-100-p-130-iso10646-1\nhelvR24-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--34-240-100-100-p-176-iso8859-1\nhelvR24.pcf.gz -adobe-hel
vetica-medium-r-normal--34-240-100-100-p-176-iso10646-1\nluBIS08-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -b&h-lucida-bold-i-normal-sans-11-80-100-100-p-69-iso8859-1\nl"..., 4096) = 4096
29962 read(6, "rmal-sans-26-190-100-100-p-147-iso8859-1\nluIS19.pcf.gz -b&h-lucida-medium-i-normal-sans-26-190-100-100-p-147-iso10646-1\nluIS24-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -b&h-lucida-medium-i-normal-sans-34-240-100-100-p-192-iso8859-1\nl
uIS24.pcf.gz -b&h-lucida-medium-i-normal-sans-34-240-100-100-p-192-iso10646-1\nluRS08-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -b&h-lucida-medium-r-normal-sans-11-80-100-100-p-63-iso8859-1\nluRS08.pcf.gz -b&h-lucida-medium-r-normal-sans-11-80-100-100-
p-63-iso10646-1\nluRS10-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -b&h-lucida-medium-r-normal-sans-14-100-100-100-p-80-iso8859-1\nluRS10.pcf.gz -b&h-lucida-medium-r-normal-sans-14-100-100-100-p-80-iso10646-1\nluRS12-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -b&h-lucida-medium-
r-normal-sans-17-120-100-100-p-96-iso8859-1\nluRS12.pcf.gz -b&h-lucida-medium-r-normal-sans-17-120-100-100-p-96-iso10646-1\nluRS14-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -b&h-lucida-medium-r-normal-sans-20-140-100-100-p-114-iso8859-1\nluRS14.pcf.gz 
-b&h-lucida-medium-r-normal-sans-20-140-100-100-p-114-iso10646-1\nluRS18-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -b&h-lucida-medium-r-normal-sans-25-180-100-100-p-142"..., 4096) = 4096
29962 read(6, "lucidabright-medium-i-normal--14-100-100-100-p-80-iso8859-1\nlubI10.pcf.gz -b&h-lucidabright-medium-i-normal--14-100-100-100-p-80-iso10646-1\nlubI12-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -b&h-lucidabright-medium-i-normal--17-120-100-
100-p-96-iso8859-1\nlubI12.pcf.gz -b&h-lucidabright-medium-i-normal--17-120-100-100-p-96-iso10646-1\nlubI14-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -b&h-lucidabright-medium-i-normal--20-140-100-100-p-113-iso8859-1\nlubI14.pcf.gz -b&h-lucidabright-med
ium-i-normal--20-140-100-100-p-113-iso10646-1\nlubI18-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -b&h-lucidabright-medium-i-normal--25-180-100-100-p-142-iso8859-1\nlubI18.pcf.gz -b&h-lucidabright-medium-i-normal--25-180-100-100-p-142-iso10646-1\nlubI19-
ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -b&h-lucidabright-medium-i-normal--26-190-100-100-p-148-iso8859-1\nlubI19.pcf.gz -b&h-lucidabright-medium-i-normal--26-190-100-100-p-148-iso10646-1\nlubI24-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -b&h-lucidabright-medium-i-normal--34
-240-100-100-p-194-iso8859-1\nlubI24.pcf.gz -b&h-lucidabright-medium-i-normal--34-240-100-100-p-194-iso10646-1\nlubR08-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -b&h-lu"..., 4096) = 4096
29962 read(6, "ans-20-140-100-100-m-120-iso8859-1\nlutRS14.pcf.gz -b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-sans-20-140-100-100-m-120-iso10646-1\nlutRS18-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-sans-25-180-100-100-m-
150-iso8859-1\nlutRS18.pcf.gz -b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-sans-25-180-100-100-m-150-iso10646-1\nlutRS19-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-sans-26-190-100-100-m-159-iso8859-1\nlutRS19.pcf.gz -b&h-l
ucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-sans-26-190-100-100-m-159-iso10646-1\nlutRS24-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-sans-34-240-100-100-m-200-iso8859-1\nlutRS24.pcf.gz -b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-sans
-34-240-100-100-m-200-iso10646-1\nncenB08-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-new century schoolbook-bold-r-normal--11-80-100-100-p-66-iso8859-1\nncenB08.pcf.gz -adobe-new century schoolbook-bold-r-normal--11-80-100-100-p-66-iso10646-1\nnc
enB10-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-new century schoolbook-bold-r-normal--14-100-100-100-p-87-iso8859-1\nncenB10.pcf.gz -adobe-new century schoolboo"..., 4096) = 4096
29962 brk(0x9ea000)                     = 0x9ea000
29962 read(6, "gz -adobe-new century schoolbook-medium-i-normal--34-240-100-100-p-182-iso10646-1\nncenR08-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-new century schoolbook-medium-r-normal--11-80-100-100-p-60-iso8859-1\nncenR08.pcf.gz -adobe-new c
entury schoolbook-medium-r-normal--11-80-100-100-p-60-iso10646-1\nncenR10-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-new century schoolbook-medium-r-normal--14-100-100-100-p-82-iso8859-1\nncenR10.pcf.gz -adobe-new century schoolbook-medium-r-norm
al--14-100-100-100-p-82-iso10646-1\nncenR12-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-new century schoolbook-medium-r-normal--17-120-100-100-p-91-iso8859-1\nncenR12.pcf.gz -adobe-new century schoolbook-medium-r-normal--17-120-100-100-p-91-iso106
46-1\nncenR14-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-new century schoolbook-medium-r-normal--20-140-100-100-p-103-iso8859-1\nncenR14.pcf.gz -adobe-new century schoolbook-medium-r-normal--20-140-100-100-p-103-iso10646-1\nncenR18-ISO8859-1.pcf.
gz -adobe-new century schoolbook-medium-r-normal--25-180-100-100-p-136-iso8859-1\nncenR18.pcf.gz -adobe-new century schoolbook-medium-r-norma"..., 4096) = 4096
29962 read(6, "-11-80-100-100-p-52-iso10646-1\ntimI10-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-times-medium-i-normal--14-100-100-100-p-73-iso8859-1\ntimI10.pcf.gz -adobe-times-medium-i-normal--14-100-100-100-p-73-iso10646-1\ntimI12-ISO8859-1.pc
f.gz -adobe-times-medium-i-normal--17-120-100-100-p-84-iso8859-1\ntimI12.pcf.gz -adobe-times-medium-i-normal--17-120-100-100-p-84-iso10646-1\ntimI14-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-times-medium-i-normal--20-140-100-100-p-94-iso8859-1\n
timI14.pcf.gz -adobe-times-medium-i-normal--20-140-100-100-p-94-iso10646-1\ntimI18-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-times-medium-i-normal--25-180-100-100-p-125-iso8859-1\ntimI18.pcf.gz -adobe-times-medium-i-normal--25-180-100-100-p-125-
iso10646-1\ntimI24-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-times-medium-i-normal--34-240-100-100-p-168-iso8859-1\ntimI24.pcf.gz -adobe-times-medium-i-normal--34-240-100-100-p-168-iso10646-1\ntimR08-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-times-medium-r-normal
--11-80-100-100-p-54-iso8859-1\ntimR08.pcf.gz -adobe-times-medium-r-normal--11-80-100-100-p-54-iso10646-1\ntimR10-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz -adobe-times-"..., 4096) = 1786
29962 read(6, "", 4096)                 = 0
29962 read(6, "", 4096)                 = 0
29962 close(6)                          = 0
29962 munmap(0x2a959f9000, 4096)        = 0
29962 open("/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/fonts.alias", O_RDONLY) = 6
29962 fstat(6, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=3154, ...}) = 0
29962 fstat(6, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=3154, ...}) = 0
29962 mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x2a959f9000
29962 read(6, "lucidasans-bolditalic-8 -b&h-lucida-bold-i-normal-sans-11-80-100-100-p-69-iso8859-1\nlucidasans-bolditalic-10 -b&h-lucida-bold-i-normal-sans-14-100-100-100-p-90-iso8859-1\nlucidasans-bolditalic-12 -b&h-lucida-bol
d-i-normal-sans-17-120-100-100-p-108-iso8859-1\nlucidasans-bolditalic-14 -b&h-lucida-bold-i-normal-sans-20-140-100-100-p-127-iso8859-1\nlucidasans-bolditalic-18 -b&h-lucida-bold-i-normal-sans-25-180-100-100-p-159-iso8859-1\nluc
idasans-bolditalic-24 -b&h-lucida-bold-i-normal-sans-34-240-100-100-p-215-iso8859-1\nlucidasans-bold-8 -b&h-lucida-bold-r-normal-sans-11-80-100-100-p-70-iso8859-1\nlucidasans-bold-10 -b&h-lucida-bold-r-normal-sans-14-100-100-10
0-p-89-iso8859-1\nlucidasans-bold-12 -b&h-lucida-bold-r-normal-sans-17-120-100-100-p-108-iso8859-1\nlucidasans-bold-14 -b&h-lucida-bold-r-normal-sans-20-140-100-100-p-127-iso8859-1\nlucidasans-bold-18 -b&h-lucida-bold-r-normal-
sans-25-180-100-100-p-158-iso8859-1\nlucidasans-bold-24 -b&h-lucida-bold-r-normal-sans-34-240-100-100-p-216-iso8859-1\nlucidasans-italic-8 -b&h"..., 4096) = 3154
29962 read(6, "", 4096)                 = 0
29962 close(6)                          = 0
29962 munmap(0x2a959f9000, 4096)        = 0
29962 brk(0xa14000)                     = 0xa14000
29962 brk(0xa03000)                     = 0xa03000
29962 open("/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/6x13-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz", O_RDONLY) = 6
29962 read(6, "\37\213\10\0\236:aB\0\3\355\\it\33\327u\376\260I\264\265Q;\265C;\265\320\241dI\226\23/\200IJb\"\221\264H\305\222\223V\204\200\241\210\10\4h\200\220I[\221 \312\242\26;\265SgQ\22\'a\232\245r\2334J\355\266\316Z\245\
331\224\326M\334,\255\353\246\r{\332\37\356is\216\332\323&lOZ\365{3\363\300\207\307\31`H9\375\321\243{\370\315\274\231\367\356\273\367\273\357\316{\17\303\3\370\272\342\275\267\1\360\0213\211n?p\211g\277\270\346\315\4\317\10\0A
y\315B\202\327Uv\373\221z\340\332T\240Z\251\277\274\23\10\333\365\325\354h\372\275@\304\276~\202\272K\357\7\n\366\365%\32\37~\300r@\332\333\271\327\252\243,\200\355\333\34b\256(,!\302\242\260\231\330*\n\367\21M\242\3606b\237(\2
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\375M\273\233\333;\366\37\2v\265\36hida_2\27\307\256\350\276\346\275\207\16\213&\330\225\3547\22x\250\251y\367\236\16\353\316>#\221\314\367\240}o\264\245\3\373\321\336\324\361Psc\307\36\253\262\335\350I6d\322\t#\235\243Z\264\26
1\361p{\307\241\275MV%\332\232\0176\355=\334\336\374p\23\332Z\233[:\254\342\376\246\366\326\275\7:\232[[\16\37T/\16\241\275-\332\320\334\262\33\r\210\276\275i\177tw\323a\323\24\32\366D\367\323\356\230\377\315\355\255;wn\277\273
X\321\324\322\320\332(4\267\240\241\265\355\320~\341=\332\362GR\311x8\221\351\211%\323\341\256L\272\357\216p\270\275;\2265\302\261t\"l\244\337\225\31\270\3\r\321\266\303{L\2728(\v\"`\250\23\261\2513\343Qg\305\240n\177]\t\337\27
2\272-w\326m\331Z_w\327v\361\327P\267\243\276\316\366\254n\213\35C\205 \36<\20m\264\31\2319\3473\305\314\267iv\352[\2436\205\327\376qe^\335\270q\343\347f\313\322\373.\"l\340\247\205\241\241\'\7o\35n\35n\35n\35\336\330\3\212\353
\345O\355)g\33\321m\257p\257p\206\343\252\354\343\252\354K\21\303\304\2178yq\t\367s\251\363\367\22\237\"^\345B?\235\340R\35\350#.\23?\341\312\317\245=\330Hp\351\f~\226\30\1B\363\10\316\236\241\23\304\25\342\0379)\326\20\\\271\2
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) = 4637

I then checked which line the first attempt to read "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/6x13-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz" was on for both the failed and successful "vncserver-debug.log" files, and the attempt takes places 45 lines later in the failed version than in the successful version. I wasn't sure if this would really tell me anything, but, given that they are different, it might. I will try and write a script to rip out the process id from the beginning of each line and then do a diff and see where that leads me.

raskin · 11-03-2009, 03:00 PM

Maybe try comparing environments first ("set" command)

ObviouslyConfused · 11-03-2009, 06:48 PM

I checked the environments, and they are nearly identical with a few exceptions. Most notable was the difference in $PATH, but there were only a small handful of extra directories in his $PATH than mine. I went through each of them, and none of them had anything that would affect this.

I have also attempted to check the differences between our debug files, but there are too many little differences to make automated checking worthwhile. On the flip side, I don't have the time to go through the files on my own.

It seems, however, that there must be a simpler solution than some random file being changed to alter permissions or settings.

Any suggestions are always welcome.

Thank you.