Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:27:00 +1000 From: Lawrence Stewart <lstewart@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: virtualbox-ose-3.1.6_2 font issue with X forwarding Message-ID: <4BB99ED4.2090100@freebsd.org>
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Hi all, I installed Virtual Box 3.1.6 from yesterday's ports tree on my amd64 8-STABLE home server. Everything went fine, but when I X forwarded "VirtualBox" to my desktop PC, the fonts were completely broken, and all the places where characters should have been were small boxes. After installing the same port on my desktop and finding that it worked just fine, I suspected a lack of fonts installed on the server. Sure enough, installing the "x11-fonts/xorg-fonts" meta package resolved the issue and now it looks great. Might I suggest adding a dependency on "x11-fonts/xorg-fonts" or one of its appropriate children packages? People that want to X forward from a headless machine that doesn't have a full X.org install would be grateful! My sincere thanks go to those responsible for getting Virtual Box working on FreeBSD - I'm very much looking forward to taking it for a spin in the coming days. Cheers, Lawrence
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