The render code in xfree86 that is in xfree86 4.2.1 has a bug which will cause xft2 enabled apps (like mozilla and gnome 2.2) to crash if strings are too long. See:
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=186704 Though mozilla triggers this quite frequently, any xft2 enabled app is affected by it. I created new packages called libxrender1.1 and libxrender-dev that simply replaces the buggy render code with the patched code. The code is taken from fcpackage from http://www.fontconfig.org (the same source that provides libxft2). These packages are for debian woody using a xfree86 4.2 backport (eg from http://people.debian.org/~blade). These packages are not required under Official debian woody since no packages in woody use xft2, and won't be required in debian unstable once 4.3 completed. The packages are mainly for people using unofficial xfree86, mozilla-xft and gnome2.2 packages on woody who don't want to recompile all of xfree86. Others may find some use from them. The packages can be found with my gnome2.2 (actually 2.2.1 now) backport at: deb http://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/mirrors.evilgeniuses.org.uk/debian/backports/woody/ gnome2.2/ deb http://mirror.raw.no/ gnome2.2/ They should hit the above mirrors tonight. Simply do: apt-get install libxrender1.1 You can optionally get libxrender-dev for dev files. Sources are available also. These packages divert the xlibs files they replace, so uninstalling them leaves xlibs and xlibs-dev intact. Also, the packages will uninstall themselves when upgrading to xfree86 4.3. Jamie Strandboge -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG/PGP ID: 26384A3A Fingerprint: D9FF DF4A 2D46 A353 A289 E8F5 AA75 DCBE 2638 4A3A -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
