DESCRIPTION:
When no fonts are available for an X11 server, GeoServer causes the entire servlet container to terminate.

SYMPTOM:
The telltale message in the log file is:
<<No fonts were found in '/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.4.2-sun-1.4.2.06/jre/lib/fonts:/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1:/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType:/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/tt:/usr/share/fonts/ja/TrueType'.>>

SOLUTION:
The cure is to download the missing fonts and restart the servlet container.

NOTE:
the abrupt termination of the servlet container happens when requesting a map via WMS GetMap request, not when launching the GeoServer administration console (which worked just fine).

CONFIGURATION:
This behaviour has been observed on a server having this configuration:

• Linux - Fedora distribution
• JDK 1.4.2 06
• Tomcat 5.x.x and Jetty 4.x.x
• GeoServer 1.3.0 RC5