[Bug 1145326] Re: xorg-app-xconsole-1.0.5-1.x86_64 segfault on start

[Elan Ruusamäe]

similar bug: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-813945.html

and also, xmessage crashes the same way, and xset q shows that font and
fontpath is present

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Title:
  xorg-app-xconsole-1.0.5-1.x86_64 segfault on start

Status in PLD Linux Distribution:
  New

Bug description:
  # xconsole 
  Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font
  Segmentation fault

  
  # gdb xconsole 
  GNU gdb (GDB) 7.5.0-0.20120926.2 (PLD Linux)
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  Reading symbols from /usr/bin/xconsole...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/xconsole.debug...done.
  done.
  (gdb) r
  Starting program: /usr/bin/xconsole 
  Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font

  Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
  GetGC (sink=0x637b20) at AsciiSink.c:1658
  1658	    values.font = sink->ascii_sink.font->fid;
  (gdb) bt
  #0  GetGC (sink=0x637b20) at AsciiSink.c:1658
  #1  XawAsciiSinkInitialize (request=<optimized out>, cnew=0x637b20, args=<optimized out>, num_args=<optimized out>) at AsciiSink.c:1707
  #2  0x00007ffff7705070 in CallInitialize (class=0x7ffff7dd2140 <asciiSinkClassRec>, req_widget=0x7fffffffd420, new_widget=0x637b20, args=0x0, 
      num_args=0) at Create.c:226
  #3  0x00007ffff7705a6d in xtCreate (name=<optimized out>, class=0x0, widget_class=<optimized out>, parent=0x634270, default_screen=0x0, args=0x0, 
      num_args=0, typed_args=0x0, num_typed_args=0, parent_constraint_class=0x0, post_proc=0x7ffff77051c0 <widgetPostProc>) at Create.c:416
  #4  0x00007ffff7705e8b in _XtCreateWidget (name=0x7ffff7bc1208 "textSink", widget_class=0x7ffff7dd2140 <asciiSinkClassRec>, parent=0x634270, 
      args=0x0, num_args=0, typed_args=0x0, num_typed_args=0) at Create.c:570
  #5  0x00007ffff770619e in XtCreateWidget (name=name at entry=0x7ffff7bc1208 "textSink", widget_class=0x7ffff7dd2140 <asciiSinkClassRec>, 
      parent=parent at entry=0x634270, args=args at entry=0x0, num_args=0) at Create.c:589
  #6  0x00007ffff7b888b7 in XawAsciiInitialize (request=<optimized out>, cnew=0x634270, args=0x0, num_args=0x7fffffffda1c) at AsciiText.c:296
  #7  0x00007ffff7705070 in CallInitialize (class=0x7ffff7dd25c0 <asciiTextClassRec>, req_widget=0x7fffffffdaa0, new_widget=0x634270, args=0x0, 
      num_args=0) at Create.c:226
  #8  0x00007ffff7705a6d in xtCreate (name=<optimized out>, class=0x0, widget_class=<optimized out>, parent=0x61f580, default_screen=0x614ea0, 
      args=0x0, num_args=0, typed_args=0x0, num_typed_args=0, parent_constraint_class=0x0, post_proc=0x7ffff77051c0 <widgetPostProc>) at Create.c:416
  #9  0x00007ffff7705e8b in _XtCreateWidget (name=0x402e52 "text", widget_class=0x7ffff7dd25c0 <asciiTextClassRec>, parent=0x61f580, args=0x0, 
      num_args=0, typed_args=0x0, num_typed_args=0) at Create.c:570
  #10 0x00007ffff770629a in XtCreateManagedWidget (name=name at entry=0x402e52 "text", widget_class=0x7ffff7dd25c0 <asciiTextClassRec>, parent=0x61f580, 
      args=args at entry=0x0, num_args=num_args at entry=0) at Create.c:610
  #11 0x0000000000401ba2 in main (argc=1, argv=0x7fffffffe148) at xconsole.c:652
  (gdb) 

  does not seem to be relevant to the as font name (visible when
  stracing) exists in the system:

  # strace -s200 -ewritev  xconsole 2>&1 | grep ISO
  writev(4, [{"-\0\f\0\r\0\340\2$\0\340\2-*-*-*-R-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-ISO8859-*/\0\2\0\r\0\340\2", 56}, {NULL, 0}, {"", 0}], 3) = 56
  Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font

  
  # xlsfonts 
  -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--0-0-75-75-c-0-iso8859-1
  -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--0-0-75-75-c-0-iso8859-1
  -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--12-90-100-100-c-60-iso8859-1
  -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-100-100-100-c-60-iso8859-1
  -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-100-100-100-c-60-iso8859-1
  -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
  -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
  6x12
  6x13
  6x13
  cursor
  cursor
  fixed
  fixed

  relevant packages (their debuginfos):
  Mon Mar  4 23:59:12 2013 xorg-app-xconsole-debuginfo-1.0.5-1.x86_64
  Tue Mar  5 00:00:34 2013 xorg-lib-libXaw-debuginfo-1.0.11-2.x86_64
  Tue Mar  5 00:02:16 2013 xorg-lib-libXt-debuginfo-1.1.3-1.x86_64

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