diff -uarN vlc-0.9.0-test2.orig/modules/misc/freetype.c vlc-0.9.0-test2/modules/misc/freetype.c
--- vlc-0.9.0-test2.orig/modules/misc/freetype.c	2008-07-05 00:03:21.000000000 +0200
+++ vlc-0.9.0-test2/modules/misc/freetype.c	2008-07-05 14:48:28.000000000 +0200
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@
 #define DEFAULT_FONT "" /* Default font found at run-time */
 #define FC_DEFAULT_FONT "Arial"
 #else
-#define DEFAULT_FONT "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeSerifBold.ttf"
-#define FC_DEFAULT_FONT "Serif Bold"
+#define DEFAULT_FONT "@@XPREFIX@@/@@LIB@@/X11/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSans.ttf"
+#define FC_DEFAULT_FONT "Sans Bold"
 #endif
 
 #if defined(HAVE_FRIBIDI)