Re: [MACTCL] malloc error troubleshooting

[Harald W. <har...@gm...>]

Hi Daniel,

thanks for the suggestions - I had already tried rebuilding the Xft  
font cache and am already on the latest X11 (2.3.1).

What's another simple app that's Xft enabled?

Thanks & cheerio, Harry.

On Nov 4, 2008, at 1:41 AM, Daniel A. Steffen wrote:

> Hi Harald,
>
> On 04/11/2008, at 7:22, Harald Weppner wrote:
>
>> I could use the lists help in troubleshooting an issue I am
>> encountering.
>
>> (gdb) bt
>> #0  0x96c7eb60 in malloc_error_break ()
>> #1  0x96c797c8 in szone_error ()
>> #2  0x002b4af8 in FcStrFree ()
>> #3  0x002b0254 in FcValueListDestroy ()
>> #4  0x002b0cb0 in FcPatternDestroy ()
>> #5  0x0002f4d4 in XftFontOpenInfo ()
>> #6  0x0003036c in XftFontOpenPattern ()
>> #7  0x0b0d169c in GetFont ()
>> #8  0x0b0d1ac4 in InitFont ()
>
>
> do other xft/fontconfig-enabled X11 programs work correctly?
>
> one thing you can try is rebuilding the Xft font caches, the  
> presence of Fc* symbols in the backtrace might be an indication that  
> something is off there.
>
> start by moving aside any existing cache files in ~/.fontconfig,
> then run
> 	sudo fc-cache -f -v
> or if that does not help
> 	sudo fc-cache -f -r -v
> or even more thoroughly
> 	sudo font_cache -f -n -s
>
> if you are on Leopard, you may want to install a more recent X11,  
> the latest as of 2008.09.15 is at:
> 	http://xquartz.macosforge.org/trac/wiki/X112.3.1
>
> Cheers,
>
> Daniel
>
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