[virt-tools-list] Fonts all messed up when remote display via X over SSH

Richard W.M. Jones rjones at redhat.com
Fri Dec 10 12:27:00 UTC 2010


On Wed, Dec 08, 2010 at 09:06:43AM -0800, Don Hoover wrote:
> Is there a solution to the fact that the virt-manager gui is all messed up whenever you try to display it back via X over SSH?
> 
> I even get this when logging in via ssh and trying to display back to my RHEL6 desktop.  The only way I can get the virt-manager do display correctly is when running it DIRECTLY on a local linux workstation, but in my case I need to run it because I need to traverse a firewall via ssh first.
> 
> Screenshot showing what I get:
> http://yfrog.com/fyvirtmanagerp
> 
> Any ideas?

Missing fonts (on the local X server)?  Does the local X server
support the RENDER extension?

Rich.

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