[Freeciv-Dev] Re: build city seg fault (PR#952)

[Raimar Falke <hawk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 11:04:28PM -0300, Iain Sutherland wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 08:26:24AM -0700, ainu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> >> Full_Name: Iain Sutherland
> >> Version: 1.12.1
> >> Distribution: Built from source
> >> Client: Both (or N/A)
> >> OS: Red Hat 7.1
> >> Submission from: (NULL) (142.177.214.217)
> >>
> >>
> >> I ran into this problem both with 1.12.0 and 1.12.1.  Just after the 
> >> game starts
> >> and I try to build my first city I will get a seg fault.
> >>
> >
> > Does the server or the client crashes?
> >
> > Can you enable core files and do after such a crash:
> > $ gdb client/civclient core
> > if the client crashes and $ gdb server/civserver core
> > if the server crashes? Type "bt" at the prompt you will get. Send the
> > output to freeciv-dev please.
> >
> >     Raimar
> >
> Sorry I should have mentioned it is the client that crashes.
> 
> 
> hopefully I get the debugger working right.. never used it before.

The traceback looks valid.

> #0  0x40391dd3 in strlen () from /lib/i686/libc.so.6
> #1  0x40448591 in _XftSaveString () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXft.so.1
> #2  0x40447ebd in XftPatternAdd () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXft.so.1
> #3  0x404480a4 in XftPatternAddString () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXft.so.1
> #4  0x40449372 in XftFreeTypeQuery () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXft.so.1
> #5  0x404491b1 in XftDirScan () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXft.so.1
> #6  0x40449ace in XftInitFtLibrary () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXft.so.1
> #7  0x4044360d in XftFontMatch () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXft.so.1
> #8  0x40443a70 in XftFontOpenXlfd () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXft.so.1
> #9  0x4001a817 in gdk_font_load () at eval.c:41
> #10 0x4010a4cc in gtk_rc_style_to_style () at eval.c:41
> #11 0x4010a92d in gtk_rc_style_init () at eval.c:41
> #12 0x40109dd8 in gtk_rc_get_style () at eval.c:41
> #13 0x4014ed68 in gtk_widget_set_rc_style () at eval.c:41
> #14 0x4014df81 in gtk_widget_set_name () at eval.c:41
> #15 0x0806e143 in create_city_dialog (pcity=0x82775f0, make_modal=0)
>   at citydlg.c:569
> #16 0x0806da50 in popup_city_dialog (pcity=0x82775f0, make_modal=0)
>   at citydlg.c:351
> #17 0x08066a70 in handle_city_packet_common (pcity=0x82775f0, is_new=1,
>   popup=1, investigate=0) at packhand.c:471
> #18 0x08066816 in handle_city_info (packet=0x8277358) at packhand.c:395
> #19 0x0805e0ed in handle_packet_input (packet=0x8277358 "h", type=15)
> ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---
>   at civclient.c:257
> #20 0x0805fb6b in input_from_server (fid=6) at clinet.c:325
> #21 0x40197b46 in gdk_io_invoke () at eval.c:41
> #22 0x401ca01e in g_io_unix_dispatch () at eval.c:41
> #23 0x401cb7f3 in g_main_dispatch () at eval.c:41
> #24 0x401cbdd9 in g_main_iterate () at eval.c:41
> #25 0x401cbf8c in g_main_run () at eval.c:41
> #26 0x400e0803 in gtk_main () at eval.c:41
> #27 0x080817ea in ui_main (argc=1, argv=0xbffffa3c) at gui_main.c:834
> #28 0x0805dfe8 in main (argc=1, argv=0xbffffa3c) at civclient.c:188
> #29 0x40328177 in __libc_start_main (main=0x805db90 <main>, argc=1,
>   ubp_av=0xbffffa3c, init=0x805b7a8 <_init>, fini=0x80b2440 <_fini>,
>   rtld_fini=0x4000e184 <_dl_fini>, stack_end=0xbffffa2c)
>   at ../sysdeps/generic/libc-start.c:129

This looks like an error in gdk, gtk or xfree. Do you have changed
anything on gtk? Installed a broken theme? Made any changes to the
xfree font system?

        Raimar, how has no idea what caused this

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