GNU bug report logs - #11813
Segmentation fault on launch related to x_draw_glyph_string_background

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Message #76 received at 11813 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
Cc: olegsivokon <at> gmail.com, 11850 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, yotam.medini <at> gmail.com,
	11813 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11813: bug#11850: crash (null font) running emacs built from
	git
Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2012 18:56:42 +0300

> From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: Left Right <olegsivokon <at> gmail.com>,  Yotam Medini יותם מדיני <yotam.medini <at> gmail.com>,
>   11850 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  11813 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2012 22:20:01 +0800
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > OK, then does the following patch fix the problem?
> >
> > --- src/xdisp.c	2012-07-05 16:28:34 +0000
> > +++ src/xdisp.c	2012-07-05 16:51:53 +0000
> > @@ -22604,7 +22604,7 @@ fill_glyphless_glyph_string (struct glyp
> >    last = s->row->glyphs[s->area] + end;
> >    voffset = glyph->voffset;
> >    s->face = FACE_FROM_ID (s->f, face_id);
> > -  s->font = s->face->font;
> > +  s->font = s->face->font ? s->face->font : FRAME_FONT (s->f);
> >    s->nchars = 1;
> >    s->width = glyph->pixel_width;
> >    glyph++;
> 
> This patch is correct, please commit it.

Done in revision 108954 on the trunk.

> I'm not sure why font loading fails in the reporter's specific case, but
> it's very likely a system misconfiguration.

I was astonished to see glyphless glyphs on the mode line(!).

I hope some font expert could find the reason for this.  It's not just
a rare misconfiguration, since 2 people reported the same crash.

I'm not closing the bug yet, to allow information about the font
configuration to be collected and maybe additional changes made as
result of that.

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