tightvncserver on edgy

[Thomas Gutzler]

Hi all,

after upgrading from dapper to edgy I can't get tightvncserver back 
running. It seems to have problems with the fonts:

Couldn't start Xtightvnc; trying default font path.
Please set correct fontPath in the tightvncserver script.
Couldn't start Xtightvnc process.

MAXSOCKS=1000
15/03/07 11:32:53 Xvnc version 3.3.tight1.2.9
15/03/07 11:32:53 Copyright (C) 1999 AT&T Laboratories Cambridge.
15/03/07 11:32:53 Copyright (C) 2000-2002 Constantin Kaplinsky.
15/03/07 11:32:53 All Rights Reserved.
15/03/07 11:32:53 See http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc for information 
on VNC
15/03/07 11:32:53 See http://www.tightvnc.com for TightVNC-specific 
information
15/03/07 11:32:53 Desktop name 'X' (oo:42)
15/03/07 11:32:53 Protocol version supported 3.3
15/03/07 11:32:53 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5942
Xvnc: dispatch: MaxClients = 1000
MAXSOCKS=1000
15/03/07 11:32:54 Xvnc version 3.3.tight1.2.9
15/03/07 11:32:54 Copyright (C) 1999 AT&T Laboratories Cambridge.
15/03/07 11:32:54 Copyright (C) 2000-2002 Constantin Kaplinsky.
15/03/07 11:32:54 All Rights Reserved.
15/03/07 11:32:54 See http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc for information 
on VNC
15/03/07 11:32:54 See http://www.tightvnc.com for TightVNC-specific 
information
15/03/07 11:32:54 Desktop name 'X' (oo:42)
15/03/07 11:32:54 Protocol version supported 3.3
15/03/07 11:32:54 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5942
Font directory '/usr/share/fonts/X11/Speedo/' not found - ignoring
Xvnc: dispatch: MaxClients = 1000

I checked /etc/vnc.conf and changed it to
$fontPath = 
"/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/,/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled/,/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled/,/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1/,/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/,/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi";
according to:
 > ls /usr/share/fonts/X11/ 
       100dpi/  75dpi/  encodings/  fonts.cache-1  misc/  Type1/  util/

It still doesn't start, so I thought, ok try the xfs version.
Installed xfs, switched on listening on tcp for maximum success, started 
it and tried again. This time with $fontPath = "tcp/localhost:7100";
Same result.
I also tried the unix socket one $fontPath = "unix/:7100";
Same result.

Very interesing is that it keeps looking for Speedo fonts; I've got no 
idea where that one's coming from. Both vnc.conf and xorg.conf do not 
contain anything about Speedos...

I already completely removed xorg and friends and reinstalled them. 
Didn't change anything. Now I'm out of options and after reading about 
100 google results I don't know what else to do.

Any suggestions?
I'm running tightvncserver 1.2.9-19 with xorg 7.1.1ubuntu6.2 with an 
up-to-date system (except 28 python packages which are kept back for 
some reason)

Cheers,
   Tom