Segmentation fault due to font problem

[mwarren2]

I've just updated Xfree86 to latest version (4.5.0) on kernel 2.6.15.5.

And on a couple of different programmes I get a segmentation fault (Firefox and gFTP).

I can get round the problem my just trashing .fonts.cache-1 in my user directory each time I launch these programmes, but obviously this is not a long-term solution!

When I installed Xfree86 I admit that I got confused at one point and twice told the installation programme to keep old stuff when it would probably have been better to overwrite with new stuff.

I did an strace on Firefox and here are the last few lines, for what they're worth:

stat64("/usr/share/fonts/type1", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
open("/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/encodings/large/fonts.cache-1", O_RDONLY) = 19
stat64("/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/encodings/large", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/encodings/large/fonts.cache-1", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
fstat64(19, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb703d000
read(19, "", 4096) = 0
close(19) = 0
munmap(0xb703d000, 4096) = 0
--- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) ---
unlink("/home/httpd/.mozilla/firefox/nlw0xlxe.default/lock") = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGSEGV, {SIG_DFL}, NULL, = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, [SEGV], NULL, = 0
ipc_subcall(0x12fc, 0x12fc, 0xb, 0xb) = 0
--- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) ---
+++ killed by SIGSEGV +++


Any help much appreciated. Thanks.

[praka123]

you may have to update you glibclibraries first.i also use 2.6.15smp from backports.org on my sarge 3.1,but with XF86 4.3.x and driver installed from intel.if u got XF86 4.5.debs from ftp://fifi.org,there is no gurantee it works with Sarge.try modprobbing your cards modules for luck.