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Date:      09 Apr 2003 04:00:37 -0400
From:      Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
To:        Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: fontconfig-2.1.92 considered harmful
Message-ID:  <1049875236.70192.23.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030409075115.GB34134@sunbay.com>
References:  <20030408173003.84783.qmail@web11404.mail.yahoo.com> <1049824834.360.17.camel@gyros>  <20030409075115.GB34134@sunbay.com>

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On Wed, 2003-04-09 at 03:51, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 02:00:34PM -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> > On Tue, 2003-04-08 at 13:30, Shizuka Kudo wrote:
> > > --- Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org> wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 02:46:39PM +0200, CARTER Anthony wrote:
> > > > > I had this bug, but now it is over...It has been fixed. Do a CVSU=
P and all=20
> > > > > should now be ok.
> > > > >=20
> > > > No.  This is with the latest port.  Where specifically it
> > > > was fixed?
> > > >=20
> > >=20
> > > The exact cvs message is as follows. Having you tried 'fc-cache -f' t=
o rebuild font cache as root
> > > in a text console and delete the fontcache in your home directory (Th=
is solved my problem when
> > > starting a KDE session)?
> >=20
> > But Ruslan is reporting the bug in 2.1.92 which incorporates this fix.=20
> > Besides, what Ruslan is seeing is a different crash.  I'm wondering if
> > it is indeed an issue with not having enough memory.  All my machines
> > have at least 512 MB of RAM, and I've never encountered this error.=20
> > Anyone have a machine with < 200 MB of RAM and is _not_ having a proble=
m
> > with fontconfig?
> >=20
> Hmm, I initially didn't notice this, because it was a batched install
> of XFree86-4.  Now that I try to manually reinstall the port, it says:
>=20
> =3D=3D=3D>   Generating temporary packing list
> Running fc-cache to build fontconfig cache...
> fc-cache: "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts": caching, 0 fonts, 13 dirs
> fc-cache: "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi": caching, 397 fonts, 0 dirs
> fc-cache: "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi": Killed
> *** Error code 137
>=20
> Stop in /usr/ports/x11-fonts/fontconfig.
>=20
> Apr  9 10:46:14 lurker kernel: pid 6636 (fc-cache), uid 0, was killed: ou=
t of swap space
>=20
> Where do I look for a fix?

How much memory do you have on this machine (RAM + swap)?  Are you
imposing any hard limits for root (doubtful)?  Can you set the FC_DEBUG
variable, then send me the output of the above command?  Honestly, I'm
surprised you got through 100dpi.  Thanks.

Joe

>=20
>=20
> Cheers,
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