Hi, On Thu Sep 15, 2022 at 3:45 PM CEST, NRK wrote: > On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 01:31:02PM +0000, Tom Schwindl wrote: > > -## BadLength X error in Xft when trying to render emoji > > - > > -Xft makes st crash when rendering color emojis with the following error: > > - > > -"X Error of failed request: BadLength (poly request too large or internal > > Xlib length error)" > > - Major opcode of failed request: 139 (RENDER) > > - Minor opcode of failed request: 20 (RenderAddGlyphs) > > - Serial number of failed request: 1595 > > - Current serial number in output stream: 1818" > > - > > -This is a known bug in Xft (not st) which happens on some platforms and > > -combination of particular fonts and fontconfig settings. > > - > > -See also: > > -https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxft/issues/6 > > -https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107534 > > -https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1498269 > > I don't think removing the entire section is the right idea, since there > are distros which are still on older versions. > > > -The solution is to remove color emoji fonts or disable this in the > > fontconfig > > -XML configuration. As an ugly workaround (which may work only on newer > > -fontconfig versions (FC_COLOR)), the following code can be used to mask > > color > > -fonts: > > Simply changing this paragraph to say that the solution is to upgrade > libXft should be the proper way to go IMO. > > - NRK
Thanks for the suggestion. I attached another patch which does this. I also removed the last sentence, given that it's fixed now. -- Best Regards, Tom Schwindl
From 619604a617c8146044f68a2280f0792e2a78830f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Schwindl <schwi...@posteo.de> Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2022 16:08:43 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] FAQ: libXft now supports BGRA glyphs https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxft/-/blob/libXft-2.3.5/NEWS --- FAQ | 10 +++------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index 969b195ebcff..b84abfec3ee2 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -239,12 +239,8 @@ https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxft/issues/6 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107534 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1498269 -The solution is to remove color emoji fonts or disable this in the fontconfig -XML configuration. As an ugly workaround (which may work only on newer -fontconfig versions (FC_COLOR)), the following code can be used to mask color -fonts: +This was fixed in libXft-2.3.5 [1]. To get the correct behavior, you need to +upgrade to this or a newer version. - FcPatternAddBool(fcpattern, FC_COLOR, FcFalse); +[1] https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxft/-/blob/libXft-2.3.5/NEWS -Please don't bother reporting this bug to st, but notify the upstream Xft -developers about fixing this bug. -- 2.37.3
