Bug#409072: /usr/bin/X: X crashes with symbol lookup error: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXfont.so.1: undefined symbol: FT_Init_FreeType

[Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>]

> > The X server crashes hard, console text mode is not restored.  There's
> > nothing in Xorg.0.log to indicate a crash.
> > 
> > The last line belonging to the session in /var/log/kdm.log is:
> > 
> > /usr/X11R6/bin/X: symbol lookup error: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXfont.so.1: undefined symbol: FT_Init_FreeType
> > 
> why do you still have a /usr/X11R6/lib/libXfont.so.1?

$ ls -al /usr/X11R6/lib/libXfont.so.1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jun  1  2004 /usr/X11R6/lib/libXfont.so.1 -> libXfont.so.1.5
$ dpkg -S /usr/X11R6/lib/libXfont.so.1.5
dpkg: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXfont.so.1.5 not found.

Looks like a non-deb installation, though I can't remember when or why
I might have done that.

Removing it resolves the issue, so it was my fault.  Sorry for the
noise.

Thanks,
Miklos