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Date:      10 Jan 2003 13:21:22 -0500
From:      Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
To:        Nick Jennings <nkj@namodn.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD User Questions List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Mozilla hangs X ?
Message-ID:  <1042222882.358.55.camel@gyros>
In-Reply-To: <20030110101824.G23111@namodn.com>
References:  <20030110094434.A23111@namodn.com> <1042220908.358.35.camel@gyros> <20030110095403.E23111@namodn.com> <1042221768.358.39.camel@gyros>  <20030110101824.G23111@namodn.com>

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On Fri, 2003-01-10 at 13:18, Nick Jennings wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 01:02:48PM -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 12:48:28PM -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> > > > On Fri, 2003-01-10 at 12:44, Nick Jennings wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > 
> > > > >  I am using FreeBSD 4.7 and am experiencing a strange X lockup that I am
> > > > >  able to reproduce. When I am using Mozilla, in X (doesn't matter what
> > > > >  window manager I am using) and I have *allot* of tabs open, probably
> > > > >  allot of the sites have javascripts etc. Sometimes, and I haven't noticed
> > > > >  any pattern in what I am doing other than having allot of tabs open 
> > > > >  (probably 20+), X completely hangs.
> > > >
> > > > Do you have any strange fonts loaded?  There have been reports of X
> > > > crashes when Mozilla is used with non-standard X fonts.
> >
> > Well, fonts generally reside in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts.  You can see
> > what your font path is by doing xset q.  If you have any non-standard
> > font directories configured, remove them, and see if the problem goes
> > away.  If you've added non-standard fonts to any of the standard
> > directories, you'll probably have to remove all font dirs, and reinstall
> > all the XFree86 font ports/packages.
> 
> Not sure what "non standard" is exactly (fonts have never been an area
> that I've paid much attention to before). Here is the font section from
> 'xset q'. Also, below that is the output of all installed packages which 
> mention 'font'.

This looks fine.  You could always try removing all XFree86-font*
packages, deleting /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts, then reinstall the
ports/packages.  

Also, do you get any error messages in the X log about what could be
happening when the lock up occurs?

Joe

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