GNU bug report logs - #30874
Displaying char \x274C with Dejavu Sans Mono gives "X protocol error: BadLength (poly request too large or internal Xlib length error) on protocol request 138"

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jan Synacek <jsynacek <at> redhat.com>

Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 10:26:01 UTC

Severity: important

Tags: fixed

Merged with 30045, 31547, 31758, 31801, 31936

Found in versions 26.1, 27.0.50, 25.3

Fixed in version 26.2

Done: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Jan Synacek <jsynacek <at> redhat.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 30874 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#30874: 27.0.50; Emacs crashes
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2018 10:00:41 +0200

On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 1:46 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
>> modified   src/ftfont.c
>> @@ -764,6 +764,8 @@ ftfont_spec_pattern (Lisp_Object spec, char *otlayout, struct OpenTypeSpec **ots
>>    if (scalable >= 0
>>        && ! FcPatternAddBool (pattern, FC_SCALABLE, scalable ? FcTrue : FcFalse))
>>      goto err;
>> +  /* We really don't like color fonts, they cause Xft crashes.  */
>> +  FcPatternAddBool(pattern, FC_COLOR, FcFalse);
>>
>>    goto finish;
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jan, can you see if this patch fixes the problem for you?

Yes, it does fix the problem for me.

Cheers,
-- 
Jan Synacek
Software Engineer, Red Hat
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