Heres the backtrace *** buffer overflow detected ***: aliki terminated ======= Backtrace: ========= /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__fortify_fail+0x37)[0x7f44bc57d007] /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x107f00)[0x7f44bc57bf00] /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x1075eb)[0x7f44bc57b5eb] /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__snprintf_chk+0x78)[0x7f44bc57b4c8] aliki[0x40e29c] aliki[0x4115cb] aliki[0x411d22] /usr/lib/libclxclient.so.3(_ZN9X_rootwin12handle_eventEP7_XEvent+0x33)[0x7f44bdf85c23] /usr/lib/libclxclient.so.3(_ZN9X_rootwin12handle_eventEv+0x34)[0x7f44bdf85c74] aliki[0x40572c] aliki[0x405817] aliki[0x404bdb] /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xed)[0x7f44bc49576d] aliki[0x404dd1] ======= Memory map: ======== 00400000-00425000 r-xp 00000000 08:12 4081672 /usr/bin/aliki 00625000-00626000 r--p 00025000 08:12 4081672 /usr/bin/aliki 00626000-00627000 rw-p 00026000 08:12 4081672 /usr/bin/aliki 00627000-00628000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 01635000-01723000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [heap] 7f44ba29e000-7f44ba29f000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 7f44ba29f000-7f44ba2a0000 rw-s 00000000 00:12 18307 /run/shm/aliki-7564 7f44ba2a0000-7f44ba2a1000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 7f44ba2a1000-7f44ba2b1000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 7f44ba2b1000-7f44ba2b2000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 7f44ba2b2000-7f44ba2c2000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 7f44ba2c2000-7f44ba372000 r--p 00000000 08:12 5114357 /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf 7f44ba372000-7f44ba38b000 r--p 00000000 08:12 5114574 /usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts/n021003l.pfb 7f44ba38b000-7f44ba38f000 r--s 00000000 08:12 2883679 /var/cache/fontconfig/5e10083637a12ecd1bff191eb66bfa2f-le64.cache-3 7f44ba38f000-7f44ba390000 r--s 00000000 08:12 2893459 /var/cache/fontconfig/c05880de57d1f5e948fdfacc138775d9-le64.cache-3 7f44ba390000-7f44ba394000 r--s 00000000 08:12 2883682 /var/cache/fontconfig/603b2eb47209ddb3c5269b217a306167-le64.cache-3 7f44ba394000-7f44ba39d000 r--s 00000000 08:12 2883696 /var/cache/fontconfig/945677eb7aeaf62f1d50efc3fb3ec7d8-le64.cache-3 7f44ba39d000-7f44ba39f000 r--s 00000000 08:12 2883697 /var/cache/fontconfig/99e8ed0e538f840c565b6ed5dad60d56-le64.cache-3 7f44ba39f000-7f44ba3a0000 r--s 00000000 08:12 2883649 /var/cache/fontconfig/0fafd173547752dce4dee1a69e0b3c95-le64.cache-3 7f44ba3a0000-7f44ba3a8000 r--s 00000000 08:12 2883700 /var/cache/fontconfig/a6d8cf8e4ec09cdbc8633c31745a07dd-le64.cache-3 7f44ba3a8000-7f44ba3ac000 r--s 00000000 08:12 2883657 /var/cache/fontconfig/2cd17615ca594fa2959ae173292e504c-le64.cache-3 7f44ba3ac000-7f44ba3b3000 r--s 00000000 08:12 2883710 /var/cache/fontconfig/bddabcf04192498a6a74911686fc6962-le64.cache-3 7f44ba3b3000-7f44ba3b7000 r--s 00000000 08:12 2883698 /var/cache/fontconfig/a46337af8a0b4c9b317ad981ec3bdf87-le64.cache-3 7f44ba3b7000-7f44ba3b8000 r--s 00000000 08:12 2883689 /var/cache/fontconfig/79b7902a698c37d747b157374a08587f-le64.cache-3 7f44ba3b8000-7f44ba3ba000 r--s 00000000 08:12 2883656 /var/cache/fontconfig/1b70ff56935fd37e75520e134628df26-le64.cache-3 7f44ba3ba000-7f44ba3c1000 r--s 00000000 08:12 2883663 /var/cache/fontconfig/3fdcac6013931cd7c06449c5f8fab136-le64.cache-3 7f44ba3c1000-7f44ba3c2000 r--s 00000000 08:12 2883687 /var/cache/fontconfig/6edd069ccec3ba28096b368c434fa861-le64.cache-3 7f44ba3c2000-7f44ba3c3000 r--s 00000000 08:12 2883685 /var/cache/fontconfig/6ab961c03ae23c8941a006873b54e00a-le64.cache-3 7f44ba3c3000-7f44ba3c4000 r--s 00000000 08:12 2883702 /var/cache/fontconfig/acf24f57989d82ed5c91b60ef9c3a050-le64.cache-3 7f44ba3c4000-7f44ba3c5000 r--s 00000000 08:12 2883722 /var/cache/fontconfig/e7071f4a29fa870f4323321c154eba04-le64.cache-3 7f44ba3c5000-7f44ba3cb000 r--s 00000000 08:12 2883701 /var/cache/fontconfig/a755afe4a08bf5b97852ceb7400b47bc-le64.cache-3 7f44ba3cb000-7f44ba3e1000 r-xp 00000000 08:12 2363053 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1.2.3.4 7f44ba3e1000-7f44ba5e0000 ---p 00016000 08:12 2363053 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1.2.3.4 7f44ba5e0000-7f44ba5e1000 r--p 00015000 08:12 2363053 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1.2.3.4 7f44ba5e1000-7f44ba5e2000 rw-p 00016000 08:12 2363053 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1.2.3.4 7f44ba5e2000-7f44ba609000 r-xp 00000000 08:12 2360187 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexpat.so.1.5.2 7f44ba609000-7f44ba809000 ---p 00027000 08:12 2360187 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexpat.so.1.5.2 7f44ba809000-7f44ba80b000 r--p 00027000 08:12 2360187 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexpat.so.1.5.2 7f44ba80b000-7f44ba80c000 rw-p 00029000 08:12 2360187 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexpat.so.1.5.2 7f44ba80c000-7f44ba811000 r-xp 00000000 08:12 4071570 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0 7f44ba811000-7f44baa10000 ---p 00005000 08:12 4071570 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0 7f44baa10000-7f44baa11000 r--p 00004000 08:12 4071570 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0 7f44baa11000-7f44baa12000 rw-p 00005000 08:12 4071570 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0 7f44baa12000-7f44baa14000 r-xp 00000000 08:12 4071559 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXau.so.6.0.0 7f44baa14000-7f44bac13000 ---p 00002000 08:12 4071559 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXau.so.6.0.0Abgebrochen (Speicherabzug geschrieben) On 09.10.2012 20:35, Christoph Kuhr wrote:

On Tue, Oct 09, 2012 at 08:35:29PM +0200, Christoph Kuhr wrote: What were the parameters for the sweep file ? There has been a bug very similar to this, but it was fixed years ago. OTOH, from the backtrace you posted one could be tempted to believe that the problem is somewhere in the font rendering code. Could be incomptible library versions or something similar. Did you install from source ? Ciao, -- FA A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia. It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow)