[Pkg-fonts-bugs] Bug#524310: fontforge: Program fails to start

[Deekoo L.]

Package: fontforge
Version: 0.0.20080429-1
Severity: important


If I attempt to start it, fontforge will open a small window (probably the
splash screen) and crash immediately.  The console output is:

$ fontforge 
Copyright (c) 2000-2008 by George Williams.
 Executable based on sources from 00:29 GMT 29-Apr-2008.
 Library based on sources from 20:49 GMT 30-Apr-2008.
X Error of failed request: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  53.0 (X_CreatePixmap)
  Serial number of failed request:  699
  Failed resource ID:  80
Aborted

$ fontforge -sync
Copyright (c) 2000-2008 by George Williams.
 Executable based on sources from 00:29 GMT 29-Apr-2008.
 Library based on sources from 20:49 GMT 30-Apr-2008.
X Error of failed request: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  53.0 (X_CreatePixmap)
  Serial number of failed request:  1376
  Failed resource ID:  80
Aborted

$ fontforge -nosplash -sync
Copyright (c) 2000-2008 by George Williams.
 Executable based on sources from 00:29 GMT 29-Apr-2008.
 Library based on sources from 20:49 GMT 30-Apr-2008.
X Error of failed request: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  53.0 (X_CreatePixmap)
  Serial number of failed request:  1313
  Failed resource ID:  80
Aborted

$ fontforge -h
Copyright (c) 2000-2008 by George Williams.
 Executable based on sources from 00:29 GMT 29-Apr-2008.
 Library based on sources from 20:49 GMT 30-Apr-2008.
Help! Server claimed font
        -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal---3175-0-0-0-p-0-iso8859-1
 existed in the font list, but when I asked for it there was nothing.
 I may crash soon.
X Error of failed request: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  53.0 (X_CreatePixmap)
  Serial number of failed request:  736
  Failed resource ID:  80
Aborted


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.1
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.27.4 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages fontforge depends on:
ii  libc6                  2.7-18            GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libfreetype6           2.3.7-2           FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgif4                4.1.6-6           library for GIF images (library)
ii  libice6                2:1.0.4-1         X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libjpeg62              6b-14             The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG 
ii  libpng12-0             1.2.27-2+lenny2   PNG library - runtime
ii  libsm6                 2:1.0.3-2         X11 Session Management library
ii  libspiro0              20071029-2        a library for curve design
ii  libtiff4               3.8.2-11          Tag Image File Format (TIFF) libra
ii  libuninameslist0       0.0.20060907-2    a library of Unicode annotation da
ii  libx11-6               2:1.1.5-2         X11 client-side library
ii  libxml2                2.6.32.dfsg-5     GNOME XML library
ii  python2.5              2.5.2-15          An interactive high-level object-o
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime

fontforge recommends no packages.

Versions of packages fontforge suggests:
ii  autotrace                   0.31.1-13+b1 bitmap to vector graphics converte
pn  fontforge-doc               <none>       (no description available)
pn  potrace                     <none>       (no description available)

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