Re: [Freeciv] Re: Cannot convert string

[Robert Donn <squirk@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Dec 25, 1998 at 06:20:44PM +0100, Ronald KURZ wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Dec 1998, Thomas Bliesener wrote:
> 
> > When I try to start the client (V1.7.1) I get the error message
> > 
> > Warning: Cannot convert string
> > "-*-helvetica-medium-r-normal-*-12-*-*-*-*-*--*" to type FontStruct
> > Segmentation fault
> > 
> 
> Don't care about the font message. This seems to be a bug in the
> actual Debian distribution.
How about reporting it as such then?  I know that I don't get this using the
.debs generated from CVS... perhaps that's the problem?

> The Segmentation fault is caused by the Athena3D lib. Use
> export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw.so
> (e.g. in bash)
> to prevent loading the wrong library. You find more answers to this
> problem in the FAQ on the freeciv homepage.

It would be much better to install the 'xaw-wrappers' package - this handles
this stuff globally and makes it all work properly.


-- 
Robert Donn