Please run 'strace -f ps2pdf test.ps 2>ps2pdf.log' and attach the ps2pdf.log file here.

One other thing: please don't upgrade/reinstall the ghostscript package as I would really like to track down this problem and only want to change one thing at a time while we stalk it.  Thanks!

Created attachment 354239 [details]
strace log file

I have reproduced this bug on a fresh and fully updated fedora 11 32bit i585 installation (core2duo laptop). I'm attaching the ps2pdf.log file from running the command you suggested (strace -f ps2pdf test.ps 2>ps2pdf.log). Please have a look, seems like some fonts are not where they should be... This is urgently needed by anyone writing papers in latex!

Best regards,

Armando

Thank you.  Now please install the debuginfo package:

yum --enablerepo=fedora-debuginfo install ghostscript-debuginfo

Then please run this command (it's one long line):

gdb --args gs -dSAFER -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sstdout=%stderr -sOutputFile=test.pdf -dSAFER -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -c .setpdfwrite -f test.ps

and at the (gdb) prompt enter 'run'.  Hopefully it will still segfault, in which case please run these commands:

bt

and then repeat these two until all the stack frames are done:

info locals
up

Please paste the result of all that in here.

Thanks!

Thanks for the prompt reply. Indeed, I still get a segfault and here is the output you asked for:

[...]# gdb --args gs -dSAFER -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sstdout=%stderr -sOutputFile=test.pdf -dSAFER -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -c .setpdfwrite -f test.ps                             
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Starting program: /usr/bin/gs -dSAFER -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sstdout=%stderr -sOutputFile=test.pdf -dSAFER -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -c .setpdfwrite -f test.ps                                        
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Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
pdf_attach_charproc (pdev=<value optimized out>, pdfont=<value optimized out>, 
    pcp=0xa4bfffd2, glyph=134743966, char_code=0, gnstr=0xd040464c)            
    at base/gdevpdti.c:248                                                     
248         for (pcpo = pdfont->u.simple.s.type3.char_procs; pcpo != NULL; pcpo = pcpo->char_next) {                                                            
Missing separate debuginfos, use: debuginfo-install avahi-0.6.25-3.fc11.i586 cairo-1.8.6-2.fc11.i586 cups-libs-1.4-0.b2.18.fc11.i586 dbus-libs-1.2.12-1.fc11.i586 e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.4-10.fc11.i586 expat-2.0.1-6.i586 fontconfig-2.6.99.behdad.20090508-1.fc11.i586 freetype-2.3.9-3.fc11.i586 glibc-2.10.1-2.i686 gnutls-2.6.6-1.fc11.i586 jasper-libs-1.900.1-10.fc11.i586 keyutils-libs-1.2-5.fc11.i586 krb5-libs-1.6.3-20.fc11.i586 libICE-1.0.4-7.fc11.i586 libSM-1.1.0-4.fc11.i586 libX11-1.2.1-2.fc11.i586 libXau-1.0.4-5.fc11.i586 libXext-1.0.99.1-2.fc11.i586 libXrender-0.9.4-5.fc11.i586 libXt-1.0.5-2.fc11.i586 libattr-2.4.43-3.fc11.i586 libcap-2.16-4.fc11.1.i586 libgcc-4.4.0-4.i586 libgcrypt-1.4.4-6.fc11.i586 libgpg-error-1.6-3.i586 libjpeg-6b-45.fc11.i586 libpng-1.2.37-1.fc11.i586 libselinux-2.0.80-1.fc11.i586 libstdc++-4.4.0-4.i586 libtasn1-1.8-2.fc11.i586 libtiff-3.8.2-13.fc11.i586 libxcb-1.2-4.fc11.i586 nss-softokn-freebl-3.12.3-4.fc11.i586 pixman-0.14.0-2.fc11.i586 zlib-1.2.3-22.fc11.i586
(gdb) bt
#0  pdf_attach_charproc (pdev=<value optimized out>,
    pdfont=<value optimized out>, pcp=0xa4bfffd2, glyph=134743966,
    char_code=0, gnstr=0xd040464c) at base/gdevpdti.c:248
#1  0x8c4012c0 in ?? ()
#2  0xa4bfffd2 in ?? ()
#3  0x0808079e in ?? ()
#4  0x00000000 in ?? ()
(gdb) info locals
pcpo = <value optimized out>
duplicate_char_name = <value optimized out>
(gdb) up
#1  0x8c4012c0 in ?? ()
(gdb) info locals
No symbol table info available.
(gdb) up
#2  0xa4bfffd2 in ?? ()
(gdb) info locals
No symbol table info available.
(gdb) up
#3  0x0808079e in ?? ()
(gdb) info locals
No symbol table info available.
(gdb) up
#4  0x00000000 in ?? ()
(gdb) info locals
No symbol table info available.
(gdb) up
Initial frame selected; you cannot go up.
(gdb)

Best,

Armando

Thank you.  I'm going to mark this bug as a duplicate of another -- could you please confirm whether the PostScript test file from that bug (i.e. bug #509329 comment #4) also fails for you? (Please add comments to bug #509329 from now on.)

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 509329 ***