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

Justin Clift jclift at redhat.com
Wed Dec 8 18:47:15 UTC 2010


On 09/12/2010, at 4:06 AM, 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?

Yeah, that sounds familiar.  I *think* the solution was to install missing font packages, on the box you're getting the virt-manager instance from.




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