Bug#306475: with ttf-thryomanes many X programs are crashing
Package: ttf-thryomanes
Version: 1:1.2
Severity: important
When the ttf-thryomanes package is installed, X programs like xfontsel
crash with error ""X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer
parameter out of range for operation)". Uninstalling the package
corrects the problem. See for yourself:
$ xfontsel
$ su -
Password:
# apt-get install ttf-thryomanes
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
ttf-thryomanes
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/670kB of archives.
After unpacking 1548kB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously deselected package ttf-thryomanes.
(Reading database ... 123254 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking ttf-thryomanes (from .../ttf-thryomanes_1%3a1.2_all.deb) ...
Setting up ttf-thryomanes (1.2) ...
# logout
$ xset fp rehash
$ xfontsel
X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 45 (X_OpenFont)
Value in failed request: 0x360000d
Serial number of failed request: 32
Current serial number in output stream: 33
$ su -
Password:
# apt-get remove ttf-thryomanes
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
ttf-thryomanes
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 1548kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 123263 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing ttf-thryomanes ...
# logout
root has logged off pts/3 from localhost.
$ xset fp rehash
$ xfontsel
$
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-686
Locale: LANG=cs_CZ, LC_CTYPE=cs_CZ (charmap=ISO-8859-2) (ignored: LC_ALL set to cs_CZ)
Versions of packages ttf-thryomanes depends on:
ii defoma 0.11.8-0.1 Debian Font Manager -- automatic f
ii xutils 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X Window System utility programs
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