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

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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:                     confirmed
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Date Submitted:             2005-04-20 16:45 CEST
Last Modified:              2009-11-18 23:07 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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 (0007012) maciej (manager) - 2009-11-18 23:07
 http://www.opencsw.org/mantis/view.php?id=942#c7012 
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vncserver-1.3.10,REV=2009.11.18 wraps the vncserver script into something
that tests if /tmp/.X11-unix is writable by the world or by the current
user and displays a helpful error message when not.

Updated package is in testing.