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Bug#252895: /usr/X11R6/bin/xfontsel: [xfontsel] crash



On Sat, Oct 09, 2004 at 12:13:05PM +0200, Jonas Kley wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have also installed the package msttcorefonts and after a dist-upgrade I was 
> experiencing the same problems: emacs didn't start anymore.
> 
> I solved the problem by commenting out a FontPath line in /etc/X11/XF86Config:
>     #FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
> 
> I inserted this line earlier myself, but I do not know anymore why. I don't 
> know why removing this line solved the problem. 

There is probably a font in that directory that exposes a bug in X.

What does "dpkg -S /usr/share/fonts/truetype" say on your system?

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