Chris Staub wrote: > DJ Lucas wrote: > >> Dan McGhee wrote: >> >> >>> Googling reveals many reasons for segmentation faults and a similar >>> situation for me three years ago. I solved it by installing fontconfig >>> as root--I use the more_control package system. I'm more experienced >>> now (?) and want a fix instead of a band-aide, if in fact it's the same >>> problem. Just in case it's something obvious to someone else here's my >>> .mozconfig: >>> >>> >> Well, font problems do have a history of making Firefox choke, so I'm >> not so sure your "band-aide" wasn't a proper fix. I don't recall >> specifically Thunderbird having issues with fonts, but it is usually >> installed after the problem is found with Firefox. If installed by the >> book (short the packaging), then there are only 13 files installed >> outside of the private directory (/etc/fonts) and docs. IIRC, the MCPM >> hint uses a different user for each package. I'd start by chowning >> those, 1 by 1 root:root and see if the problem magically disappears. If >> my memory of the MCPM hint is incorrect, then please ignore. >> >> -- DJ Lucas >> >> > > Firefox and Thunderbird both work fine for me using Package Users - > Fontconfig is installed as the fontconfig user and I don't have any > problems. The usual cause for T-Bird or Firefox segfaults is forgetting > to configure fontconfig to look for the X fonts - either by adding lines > to /etc/fonts/local.conf to tell it where the fonts are (which is what > BLFS used to say and what I still do) or making symlinks in > /usr/share/fonts pointing to the X fonts installation location (as BLFS > currently says to do). After doing either of these, run fc-cache as root > and the fonts should be found (add "-v" to see if it actually finds them). > I am red-faced!!! I did not complete the section Xorg Fonts. I neglected the symlinks. Put those in and Windowmaker and Thunderbird fired right up. Another example of RT??B. Am sorry for the noise, but I sure appreciate the help I got. Randy, Dan, DJ and Chris, thanks a bunch.
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