[Freeciv-Dev] (PR#10027) (civclient:12460): Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtktextbuffer.c: line 548: assertion `g_utf8_validate (text, len, NULL)' failed

["Brett Albertson" <brett.albertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=10027 >

> [jdorje - Sat Sep 11 00:21:47 2004]:
> 
> Use my other patch and the segfault should be fixed.  Then you'll at 
> least be able to see the iconv error message.
> 
> I'd suggest you try installing GNU iconv 
> (http://gnu.org/software/libiconv/).  If you can do that, see if it 
> allows you to run freeciv without any patches.
 
BTW, I installed GNU iconv and gettext from sources.  I also installed 
the fprintf patch.  It now seems to work if I specify 
FREECIV_DATA_ENCODING=UTF-8.  If I don't, it gives the message:

dev-null:{bretta}$ civclient
Could not convert text from UTF-8 to 646: Invalid argument2: No real 
audio plugin present, proceeding with sound support disabled
Could not convert text from UTF-8 to 646: Invalid argument2: For sound 
support, install either esound or SDL_mixer
Could not convert text from UTF-8 to 646: Invalid argument2: Esound: 
http://www.tux.org/~ricdude/EsounD.html
Could not convert text from UTF-8 to 646: Invalid argument2: 
SDL_mixer: http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_mixer/index.html

We're definitely getting much closer since everything seems to work 
when specifying UTF-8.  Also, we might need to add detection for 
Solaris special iconv needs.

-- 
Brett Albertson
brett.albertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx