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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Every app in 2.1.1 crashes (using antialiasing)
From:       Lars Knoll <lars () trolltech ! com>
Date:       2001-04-04 8:45:06
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On Wednesday 04 April 2001 08:26, Melchior FRANZ wrote:
> * David Faure -- Wednesday 04 April 2001 01:23:
> > On Tuesday 03 April 2001 22:08, Jonathan Terhorst wrote:
> > > I'm having major problems with qt-2.3.0, xf 4.0.3, and the latest
> > > kde-2.1.1 rpms on mandrake 7.2. Namely, anytime I try to fire up a KDE
> > > app with QT_XFT=1 it crashes as follows:
> > >
> > > [jonathan@spe-94-93 bin]$ QT_XFT=1 konqueror &
> > > [2] 28829
> > > [jonathan@spe-94-93 bin]$ KCrash: crashing.... crashRecursionCounter =
> > > 2 KCrash: Application Name = konqueror path = <unknown>
> >
> > Recompile qt with -debug, kdelibs with --enable-debug, start konqueror
> > using QT_XFT=1 konqueror --nocrashhandler
> > and you should get a valid core dump (then gdb konqueror core, "bt").
> > Make sure to "ulimit -c unlimited" first.
> > Not sure why you don't get a stacktrace in drkonqi though.
>
> That's not necessary (IMHO). It's a known Qt-Feature, that it segfaults,
> if one of the paths in XftConfig isn't pointing to a correctly set up
> directory =with= FreeType fonts. I already posted to kde-core about it
> and how to reproduce it. Probably a Qt-Bug. I pointed Lars to it when
> I still didn't know how to reproduce it. I don't knwo it Troll cared
> about it.

I doubt it's a Qt problem, as we never use or access the XftConfig file 
directly. Did you try if AAed xterm xrashes? If yes, it's an X11 bug and you 
should report it there. 

Lars

>
> Just rename one of the font paths (dir=...) in XftConfig and you get
> the same crash.
>
> m.
>
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