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diff --git a/unix/vncserver.man b/unix/vncserver.man index f3e86a3f..1c283a7c 100644 --- a/unix/vncserver.man +++ b/unix/vncserver.man @@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ vncserver \- start or stop a VNC server .IR depth ] .RB [ \-pixelformat .IR format ] +.RB [ \-fp +.IR font-path ] .RI [ Xvnc-options... ] .br .BI "vncserver \-kill :" display# @@ -87,6 +89,27 @@ option ignores anything preceding the first colon (":") in the display argument. Thus, you can invoke "vncserver \-kill $DISPLAY", for example at the end of your xstartup file after a particular application exits. +.TP +.B \-fp \fIfont-path\fP +The vncserver script will normally examine your system to figure out where it +stores its X11 fonts and then generate an appropriate font path argument for +Xvnc based on this. If your system stores its X11 fonts in a location that +vncserver does not know about, however, then this may fail. In that case, +vncserver will then try to contact the local X Font Server (xfs) on port 7100. +Not all systems have xfs installed and running, so this may fail as well. In +that case, you can manually specify a font path by using the +.B \-fp +argument to vncserver. + +If you prefer to use the X Font Server by default rather than a static font +path, then you can run + +.RS +.RS +vncserver -fp unix/:7100 +.RE +.RE + .SH FILES Several VNC-related files are found in the directory $HOME/.vnc: .TP |