GNU bug report logs - #56869
29.0.50; segfault, "assertion 'GDK_IS_DEVICE (device)' failed"

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Message #96 received at 56869 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
Cc: joseph.corneli <at> hyperreal.enterprises, 56869 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#56869: 29.0.50; segfault, "assertion 'GDK_IS_DEVICE
 (device)' failed"
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2022 14:27:55 +0300

> From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  56869 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2022 14:37:06 +0800
> 
> Joe Corneli <joseph.corneli <at> hyperreal.enterprises> writes:
> 
> > Thanks for the suggestions, and for helping me to understand the
> > debugging symbols etc.
> >
> > I’ve updated my build for Lucid.  Looking around I think --with-xft is
> > also needed in that case.
> 
> If you want color Emoji support, you should be using Cairo instead of
> Xft.  Both are enabled by default, with Cairo taking precedence over
> Xft, so --with-xft is redundant on a system with Cairo installed.

Indeed.  In general, we advise against using Xft, as it is
unmaintained and has known issues with displaying some characters.

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