[xorg-bugzilla-noise] [Bug 1323] xedit segfaults on start-up

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------- Additional Comments From matthieu.herrb at laas.fr  2004-09-11 05:17 -------
(In reply to comment #0)
> /usr/X11R6/bin/xedit
> Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion
> Warning: Unable to load any usable fontset
> Erreur de segmentation

Can you tell us which locale settings (LANG and LC_* environment variables) 
you're using ? This seems relevant to me. 
> 
> (Erreur de segmentation == segfault)
> 
> running it under strace, it ends with :
> 
> open("/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XtErrorDB", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
> directory)
> write(2, "Warning: Missing charsets in Str"..., 58Warning: Missing charsets in
> String to FontSet conversion
> ) = 58
> write(2, "Warning: Unable to load any usab"..., 43Warning: Unable to load any
> usable fontset 
> ) = 43
> --- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) ---
> +++ killed by SIGSEGV +++
> 
> distrib : gentoo x86
> Composite and Xevie disabled
> 
> for me, it's really low priority as i did not use this app for about 5 years but
> i suppose some people could still use it.
> 
> i don't know if it is linked to  bug #936

It looks like it's related, yes. 

OTOH, the missing XtErrorDB file is probably not related. All Xt based 
applications behave this way...

        
   
   
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