> > it doesnt freeze, it dumps core ;)
>
> What's "it"?  X server or lyx?  It is conceivable that X server dumps
> core in attempt to render type1 fonts, if your machine does not have a
> hardware FPU.  FPE does not implement all the 68881/2 instructions,
> nor does it implement very well even some of the ones implemented.
> And rendering type1 probably is floating-point bound operation...

his lyx is dumping core.

What i'm getting is that when i open some documents in lyx, there are type1 
fonts available.  I've timed it as up to two and a half minutes of the 
screen (including mouse) being frozen while loading fonts to the x-server.  
This is on a IIci.

rick