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Re: emergency: font problems causing gv to crash



Peter Jay Salzman wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> My PhD dissertation is due in a few weeks and I'm having some kind of
> problem with fonts that's preventing me from viewing my thesis.
> 
> This is a new computer (my old one died at the *worst* possible moment.
> Luckily, I'm *really* good about backing everything up), so it's a fresh
> Debian/testing installation and I'm trying to iron out bugs as quickly as
> possible so I can get back to writing.
> 
> I normally view my thesis using gv, but gv segfaults:
> 
>    $ gv dissertation.ps
>    Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion
>    Warning: Unable to load any usable fontset
>    Segmentation fault (core dumped)
> 
> xdvi also fails to run:
> 
>    $ xdvi dissertation.dvi
>    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:  0xe00004
>      Serial number of failed request:  27
>      Current serial number in output stream:  28
> 
> 
> xfontsel also seems to have a problem:
> 
>    FreeType: couldn't open face
>    /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType/ds=y:VeraMono.ttf: 1
> 
> 
> On the console behind X, this error message is printed:
> 
>    FreeType: couldn't open face
>    /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType/ds=y:VeraMono.ttf: 1
> 

The crash seems to be from a missing font/fonts. Have you installed 
x-ttcidfont-conf?

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Eric Gaumer
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