Bug 179617

Summary:	fontconfig breaks remote apps with local DISPLAY
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	John Ellson <john.ellson>
Component:	fontconfig	Assignee:	Carl Worth (Ampere) <cworth>
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Description John Ellson 2006-02-01 18:04:03 UTC

Description of problem:
Latest fontconfig on local system breaks thunderbird (also mozilla) running on a
remote system with DISPLAY remoted to the local system.

In my test, the local system is x86_64 and the remote system is i686, just in
case this is relevant.

Reverting to fontconfig-2.3.93.cvs20060124-1 on the local system (with the
display) fixes the problem.  No need to revert fontconfig on the remote system.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
fontconfig-2.3.93.cvs20060131-1.

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1.ssh -Y remotesystem 
2.thunderbird                 <<< this is on the remote system
3.
  
Actual results:
1. thunderbird dies silently after abou 1minute, no display opened
2. mozilla, in the same test, dies with a SEGV

Expected results:
Window from remote app should open on the local system

Additional info:

Comment 1 John Ellson 2006-02-01 18:13:37 UTC

I can't reproduce the problem between two i686 boxes, so I think it is specific
to x86_64 on the local system (with the display).

Comment 2 John Ellson 2006-02-01 18:27:07 UTC

I re upgraded the fontconfig on the x86_64 and now I can't reproduce the problem.

I had also removed $HOME/.fonts.cache-2 at both ends and rerun fc-cache as root.

Sorry, the problem has gone...

Comment 3 Matthias Clasen 2006-02-04 05:10:28 UTC

Hard to see how fontconfig on a local system can affect remote X clients anyway.