When media-fonts/font-misc-misc is built with -nls I'm getting $ vncserver :1 Couldn't start Xvnc; trying default font path. Please set correct fontPath in the vncserver script. Couldn't start Xvnc process. 09/04/12 21:20:38 Xvnc version TightVNC-1.3.10 09/04/12 21:20:38 Copyright (C) 2000-2009 TightVNC Group 09/04/12 21:20:38 Copyright (C) 1999 AT&T Laboratories Cambridge 09/04/12 21:20:38 All Rights Reserved. 09/04/12 21:20:38 See http://www.tightvnc.com/ for information on TightVNC 09/04/12 21:20:38 Desktop name 'X' (s:1) 09/04/12 21:20:38 Protocol versions supported: 3.3, 3.7, 3.8, 3.7t, 3.8t 09/04/12 21:20:38 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5901 09/04/12 21:20:38 Listening for HTTP connections on TCP port 5801 09/04/12 21:20:38 URL http://s:5801 Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' 09/04/12 21:20:39 Xvnc version TightVNC-1.3.10 09/04/12 21:20:39 Copyright (C) 2000-2009 TightVNC Group 09/04/12 21:20:39 Copyright (C) 1999 AT&T Laboratories Cambridge 09/04/12 21:20:39 All Rights Reserved. 09/04/12 21:20:39 See http://www.tightvnc.com/ for information on TightVNC 09/04/12 21:20:39 Desktop name 'X' (s:1) 09/04/12 21:20:39 Protocol versions supported: 3.3, 3.7, 3.8, 3.7t, 3.8t 09/04/12 21:20:39 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5901 09/04/12 21:20:39 Listening for HTTP connections on TCP port 5801 09/04/12 21:20:39 URL http://s:5801 Font directory '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/' not found - ignoring Font directory '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/' not found - ignoring Font directory '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/' not found - ignoring Font directory '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/' not found - ignoring Font directory '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/' not found - ignoring Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' A fix is to build media-fonts/font-misc-misc with +nls Fix found gere: http://unixforum.org/index.php?showtopic=126446
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 368997 ***