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Date:      Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:49:59 -0600
From:      "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net>
To:        "Boris Samorodov" <bsam@ipt.ru>
Cc:        freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [marcuscom] gnome 2.28 + linux apps = SIGSEGV ?
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On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:49:01 -0600, Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net> wrote:

> On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:31:39 -0600, Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:32:58 -0600 Jeremy Messenger wrote:
>>> On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:11:05 -0600, Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru>  
>>> wrote:
>>
>>> > I faced a problem with 9-CURRENT and 8-STABLE:
>>> >  
>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2009-November/013061.html
>>> >
>>> > Both systems use gnome-2.28 from marcuscom. Can anybody use
>>> > acroread8 with gnome-2.28? (I'm not sure but seems that skype
>>> > and linux-realplayer get SIGSEGV as well.) Other 8-STABLE
>>> > system with gnome from current ports tree works fine.
>>
>>> Interesting.... I can't run linux-opera in MC either. At first, I
>>> thought  it might be related w/ security.bsd.map_at_zero and I didn't
>>> bother to try  it (by either update RELENG_8 w/ fixes or try this
>>> sysctl).
>>
>>> Until your email.... Makes me think that it might be related w/
>>> print/freetype2, because of fontconfig is showing up in your ktrace?
>>> Try  to downgrade the freetype2 and see if it helps? It's only thing
>>
>> Jeremy, good shot! It was fontconfig. I downgraded it to 2.6.0 and
>> acroread now works.
>
> Great, all we need to figure a solution now on a right target. ;-)
>
>>> that I can  think of what change in MC related w/ font stuff, I will
>>> need to check in  MC more. In the past, there was problem with linux
>>> apps when Linux and  FreeBSD have different version of fontconfig
>>> (cache stuff) at the same.  But this isn't in case as fontconfig isn't
>>> update or change in MC.
>>
>> Is it? The version from MC was 2.7.3.
>
> Oops, I was looked at the wrong terminal window (only knew about  
> freetype2 change but not fontconfig). :-) Yeah, MC does has fontconfig  
> change. Must be cache issue just like before. Let me try to dig in the  
> archives and see if I can find old thread about fontconfig as my memory  
> is pretty fuzzy with this. Not sure if it's possible to use Linux's  
> fc-cache to have seperate cache or have to force Linux's fontconfig to  
> be upgraded.

I can't find old thread in the archive. I have taken a look at your kdump  
again and I think it's more like update linux-fontconfig is a better  
solution.

Cheers,
Mezz

> I just remember that I am a person that reported this bug when someone  
> updated fontconfig.
>
>> Well, in any case, the kernel should not do SIGSEGV, isn't it?
>
> No idea, I am no expert and no knowledge about what kernel should and  
> shouldn't.
>
> Cheers,
> Mezz


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