Re: Still trying to get X working on -current

[Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>]

Problem soved - I found /var/cache/fontconfig/ and removed everything. 
Then I ran fc-cache and now xdm starts!

I have no idea how the font-cache file(s) got messed up, but at least 
now I know where they live, and how to regen them!



On Mon, 11 Nov 2013, Paul Goyette wrote:

> Some of you readers may remember that, one only one of my machines, after an 
> upgrade from 6.99.23 to 6.99.24 I was unable to get X working.
>
> I actually looked at the output from /etc/daily today, and found a big hint 
> to my problem.  It seems that xdm is crashing and dumping core with the 
> following traceback (editted):
>
> #0  0x00007f7ff300ef0d in ?? () from /usr/X11R7/lib/libfontconfig.so.2
> #1  0x00007f7ff300f57d in FcPatternObjectFindElt ()
>   from /usr/X11R7/lib/libfontconfig.so.2
> #2  0x00007f7ff3010214 in FcPatternObjectGet ()
>   from /usr/X11R7/lib/libfontconfig.so.2
> #3  0x00007f7ff30103aa in FcPatternObjectGetString ()
>   from /usr/X11R7/lib/libfontconfig.so.2
> #4  0x00007f7ff301cac8 in FcConfigAddCache ()
>   from /usr/X11R7/lib/libfontconfig.so.2
> #5  0x00007f7ff301cc11 in ?? () from /usr/X11R7/lib/libfontconfig.so.2
> #6  0x00007f7ff301ce4f in IA__FcConfigBuildFonts ()
>   from /usr/X11R7/lib/libfontconfig.so.2
> #7  0x00007f7ff30142f8 in FcInitLoadOwnConfigAndFonts ()
>   from /usr/X11R7/lib/libfontconfig.so.2
> #8  0x00007f7ff301a54c in ?? () from /usr/X11R7/lib/libfontconfig.so.2
> #9  0x00007f7ff301a56d in FcConfigInit ()
>   from /usr/X11R7/lib/libfontconfig.so.2
> #10 0x00007f7ff700bbf7 in XftInit () from /usr/X11R7/lib/libXft.so.3
> #11 0x00007f7ff70047ac in XftFontMatch ()
>   from /usr/X11R7/lib/libXft.so.3
> #12 0x00007f7ff7004a90 in XftFontOpenName () from /usr/X11R7/lib/libXft.so.3
> #13 0x00007f7ff1408468 in ?? () from /usr/X11R7/lib/libXdmGreet.so
> #14 0x00007f7ff6046d97 in ?? () from /usr/X11R7/lib/libXt.so.7
> #15 0x00007f7ff6047ca9 in _XtConvert () from /usr/X11R7/lib/libXt.so.7
> #16 0x00007f7ff602d9ce in ?? () from /usr/X11R7/lib/libXt.so.7
> #17 0x00007f7ff602e843 in _XtGetResources ()
>   from /usr/X11R7/lib/libXt.so.7
> #18 0x00007f7ff603afec in ?? () from /usr/X11R7/lib/libXt.so.7
> #19 0x00007f7ff603b475 in _XtCreateWidget ()
>   from /usr/X11R7/lib/libXt.so.7
> #20 0x00007f7ff603b7c1 in XtCreateManagedWidget ()
>   from /usr/X11R7/lib/libXt.so.7
> #21 0x00007f7ff1405128 in GreetUser ()
>   from /usr/X11R7/lib/libXdmGreet.so
> #22 0x000000000040e176 in ManageSession ()
> #23 0x000000000040aa6b in StartDisplay ()
> #24 0x000000000040accd in ForEachDisplay ()
> #25 0x0000000000409bf5 in main ()
>
> Yup, probably something wrong with the fonts.
>
> I tried checking things with 'postinstall check fontconfig' but it didn't 
> report any issues.
>
> Then I looked even closer at the /etc/daily log, and there's _another_ core 
> file, this time from fc-cache, with this backtrace:
>
> #0  0x00007f7ff780ef0d in ?? () from /usr/X11R7/lib/libfontconfig.so.2
> #1  0x00007f7ff780f57d in FcPatternObjectFindElt ()
>   from /usr/X11R7/lib/libfontconfig.so.2
> #2  0x00007f7ff7810214 in FcPatternObjectGet ()
>   from /usr/X11R7/lib/libfontconfig.so.2
> #3  0x00007f7ff78103aa in FcPatternObjectGetString ()
>   from /usr/X11R7/lib/libfontconfig.so.2
> #4  0x00007f7ff781cac8 in FcConfigAddCache ()
>   from /usr/X11R7/lib/libfontconfig.so.2
> #5  0x00007f7ff781cc11 in ?? () from /usr/X11R7/lib/libfontconfig.so.2
> #6  0x00007f7ff781ce4f in IA__FcConfigBuildFonts ()
>   from /usr/X11R7/lib/libfontconfig.so.2
> #7  0x00007f7ff781cef3 in IA__FcConfigSetCurrent ()
>   from /usr/X11R7/lib/libfontconfig.so.2
> #8  0x0000000000401d34 in main ()
>
>
> I tried removing my /etc/fonts/ directory and replacing it with a copy from 
> one of my working systems, but it didn't help.  (I didn't try to copy the 
> font cache from the other system, cuz I don't know where the font cache 
> lives!)
>
>
> Any suggestions on how to proceed from here?
>
>
>
>
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