Re: Firefox segfaults if no fonts are installed

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>]

On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 05:09:55PM +0000, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
> On 27 September 2015 at 17:03, Joerg Sonnenberger
> <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost> wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 12:30:58PM +0000, coypu%SDF.ORG@localhost wrote:
> >> Fresh install of NetBSD 6.1.5 on amd64.
> >> Firefox (38.0.5 from pkgsrc) does not work after install
> >> before installing truetype fonts.
> >
> > Yes, known old issue. They don't care.
> 
> They, who?

Mozilla.

> I did install FF 38 without additional fonts and it did not segfault.
> But it was rubbish to look at and I installed liberation.

Mozilla software has been just crashing since at least the single digit
versions when fontconfig wouldn't find any font. If it looks rubbish,
you might have some bitmap font or the like available somewhere.

Joerg