[bug-notifications] [vncserver 0000942]: vncserver will not start on Solaris 8 Sparc - fontPath problem

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The following issue has been ASSIGNED. 
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http://www.opencsw.org/mantis/view.php?id=942 
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Reported By:                dclarke
Assigned To:                maciej
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Project:                    vncserver
Issue ID:                   942
Category:                   regular use
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   major
Priority:                   high
Status:                     assigned
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Date Submitted:             2005-04-20 16:45 CEST
Last Modified:              2009-11-18 09:12 CET
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Summary:                    vncserver will not start on Solaris 8 Sparc -
fontPath problem
Description: 

$ vncserver -geometry 800x600 -depth 24 :16

You will require a password to access your desktops.

Password:
Verify:
Would you like to enter a view-only password (y/n)? n
/usr/openwin/bin/xauth:  creating new authority file
/export/home/dclarke/.Xauthority
Couldn\'t start Xvnc; trying default font path.
Please set correct fontPath in the vncserver script.
Couldn\'t start Xvnc process.

_XSERVTransSocketCreateListener: failed to bind listener
_XSERVTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed
_XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to create listener for
local

Fatal server error:
Failed to establish all listening sockets
_XSERVTransSocketCreateListener: failed to bind listener
_XSERVTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed
_XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to create listener for
local

Fatal server error:
Failed to establish all listening sockets


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Relationships       ID      Summary
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has duplicate       0000491 Initial startup of Xvnc via vncserver s...
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 (0003315) damjan (reporter) - 2006-03-20 05:02
 http://www.opencsw.org/mantis/view.php?id=942#c3315 
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It works if users follow the manual. It you run Xvnc as root, you don\'t
need to do anything. It works. If you want to start Xvnc as a normal user
you need to follow the instructions which are given in postinstall and
 /opt/csw/etc/vncservers file.

Solaris default permissions do now allow Xservers to run as non-root users
(that is differnet to e.g. Linux or AIX). I don\'t think blastwave package
should change any permissions. All I can do is, to write these instruction
on a more visible place.