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

[Steve Jibson]

Richard W.M. Jones <rjones at ...> writes:

> 
> 
> 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.
> 


I resolved this problem by installing the "dejavu-lgc-sans-fonts" package on the
remote server.