Bug#471463: xterm fails to run, segfaults
Package: xterm
Version: 232-1
Severity: important
xterm, run with whatever arguments, exits with a segfault before bringing up a window. I've graded this as important rather than anything higher because it may work on other X servers, especially based on the gdb output.
The relevant part of the gdb backtrace from the point of segfault;
#0 0xb7d1eeef in XFindOnExtensionList () from /usr/lib/libX11.so.6
#1 0xb7d16573 in _XF86BigfontFreeFontMetrics () from /usr/lib/libX11.so.6
#2 0xb7d1665c in XFreeFont () from /usr/lib/libX11.so.6
Richard
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.24.2rt
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages xterm depends on:
ii libc6 2.7-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libfontconfig1 2.5.0-2 generic font configuration library
ii libice6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libncurses5 5.6+20080203-1 Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libsm6 2:1.0.3-1+b1 X11 Session Management library
ii libx11-6 2:1.0.3-7 X11 client-side library
ii libxaw7 2:1.0.4-1 X11 Athena Widget library
ii libxext6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii libxft2 2.1.12-2 FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii libxmu6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 miscellaneous utility library
ii libxt6 1:1.0.5-3 X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii xbitmaps 1.0.1-2 Base X bitmaps
Versions of packages xterm recommends:
ii x11-utils 7.3+1 X11 utilities
ii xutils 1:7.1.ds.3-1 X Window System utility programs
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