Re: fontconfig-2.1.92 considered harmful

From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus_at_marcuscom.com>
Date: 09 Apr 2003 04:00:37 -0400
On Wed, 2003-04-09 at 03:51, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 02:00:34PM -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> > On Tue, 2003-04-08 at 13:30, Shizuka Kudo wrote:
> > > --- Ruslan Ermilov <ru_at_freebsd.org> wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 02:46:39PM +0200, CARTER Anthony wrote:
> > > > > I had this bug, but now it is over...It has been fixed. Do a CVSUP and all 
> > > > > should now be ok.
> > > > > 
> > > > No.  This is with the latest port.  Where specifically it
> > > > was fixed?
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > The exact cvs message is as follows. Having you tried 'fc-cache -f' to rebuild font cache as root
> > > in a text console and delete the fontcache in your home directory (This solved my problem when
> > > starting a KDE session)?
> > 
> > But Ruslan is reporting the bug in 2.1.92 which incorporates this fix. 
> > Besides, what Ruslan is seeing is a different crash.  I'm wondering if
> > it is indeed an issue with not having enough memory.  All my machines
> > have at least 512 MB of RAM, and I've never encountered this error. 
> > Anyone have a machine with < 200 MB of RAM and is _not_ having a problem
> > with fontconfig?
> > 
> Hmm, I initially didn't notice this, because it was a batched install
> of XFree86-4.  Now that I try to manually reinstall the port, it says:
> 
> ===>   Generating temporary packing list
> Running fc-cache to build fontconfig cache...
> fc-cache: "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts": caching, 0 fonts, 13 dirs
> fc-cache: "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi": caching, 397 fonts, 0 dirs
> fc-cache: "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi": Killed
> *** Error code 137
> 
> Stop in /usr/ports/x11-fonts/fontconfig.
> 
> Apr  9 10:46:14 lurker kernel: pid 6636 (fc-cache), uid 0, was killed: out of swap space
> 
> Where do I look for a fix?

How much memory do you have on this machine (RAM + swap)?  Are you
imposing any hard limits for root (doubtful)?  Can you set the FC_DEBUG
variable, then send me the output of the above command?  Honestly, I'm
surprised you got through 100dpi.  Thanks.

Joe

> 
> 
> Cheers,
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