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Re: Xaw-based applications have XOpenFont failures, but only locally



David Z Maze <dmaze@debian.org> writes:

> Starting sometime within the past week, something has broken on my
> (x86 unstable) system, such that Xaw-based applications won't start
> up.  For example:
>
> {53} dmaze% xcalc
> 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:  0x3000006
>   Serial number of failed request:  27
>   Current serial number in output stream:  28
> zsh: 9254 exit 1     xcalc
>
> This happens even if I completely remove my personal X resources
> ('xrdb -remove'); it seems to happen for any Xaw-based application
> (xaw, xpat2, xemacs, xterm).  It doesn't happen if I ssh to another
> machine (say, a Solaris dialup server) and run Xaw-based applications
> from there.
>
> Is there any way to find out which font is being looked for?

Not really the answer you're looking for, but strace?

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