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Date:      03 Jul 2002 16:44:36 -0400
From:      Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org>
To:        gnome@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   **HEADS UP** SEGFAULT in gnome-session SOLVED
Message-ID:  <1025729076.319.179.camel@gyros.marcuscom.com>

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After working with some users on the gnome-session SEGFAULT issue, we
found the problem.  The stack traces pointed to a fonts problem, so I
suggested to delete all font directories in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts,
then reinstall all the XFree86 font ports.  Joe Kelsey just reported:

"I reinstalled the fonts and everything worked.

For some reason, the upgrade from X4.1 to X4.2 neglected to upgrade the
fonts..."

So, if you've upgraded from XFree86 4.1.x to 4.2.0, and you're seeing
segfaults when starting gnome-session (and probably any other GNOME 2
app), please remove your font dirs (system font dirs, that is), then
reinstall:

XFree86-font100dpi-4.2.0 XFree86-4 bitmap 100 dpi fonts
XFree86-font75dpi-4.2.0 XFree86-4 bitmap 75 dpi fonts
XFree86-fontCyrillic-4.2.0 XFree86-4 Cyrillic Fonts
XFree86-fontDefaultBitmaps-4.2.0 XFree86-4 default bitmap fonts
XFree86-fontEncodings-4.2.0 XFree86-4 font encoding files
XFree86-fontScalable-4.2.0 XFree86-4 Scalable font files

The font dirs in question are:

100dpi
75dpi
CID
PEX
Speedo
TTF
Type1
cyrillic
encodings
misc

This should solve your problem.  Thanks goes to Juan Salaverria and Joe
Kelsey for helping to track this down.

Joe


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