$ dpkg -l xfonts-base|grep ^ii ii xfonts-base 1:1.0.0-4 standard fonts for X $ vnc4server :2 -cc 3 ... vnc4server logfile: ... Xvnc Free Edition 4.1.1 - built Feb 26 2007 20:43:44 Copyright (C) 2002-2005 RealVNC Ltd. See http://www.realvnc.com for information on VNC. Underlying X server release 40300000, The XFree86 Project, Inc Tue Jul 3 20:58:37 2007 vncext: VNC extension running! vncext: Listening for VNC connections on port 5902 vncext: created VNC server for screen 0 Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' xsetroot: unable to open display 'raider:2' vncconfig: unable to open display "raider:2"