Re: XChat 1.9.4 Crash

[Lloyd Williams <binary_frog@chatcircuit.com>]

On 08 Nov 2002 09:15:58 -0700
The Matt <thompsma@colorado.edu> wrote:

> I recently installed XChat 1.9.4 from xchat-1.9.4-0xc.i386.rpm.  The
> installation went smoothly with no problem.  But, when I try to
> start xchat I get this:
> 
> > xchat
> 
> ** (xchat:31575): WARNING **: Cannot open font file for font Lucida
> Sans 10
> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
> 
> I've searched the mailing list archives and there doesn't seem to be
> a similar problem.  I do, of course, have Lucida Sans 10 on my
> system (RH 8.0) and it is my Application Font, Desktop Font, and
> Window Title Font in the Font Preferences dialog (I like it).
> 
> So, is there a way to start xchat to bypass this problem?  Or is
> there something else wrong?
> 

The font warning is just a warning, it'll fall back on a default font.
RH 8.0 comes with perl 5.8, which xchat 1.9.4 has problems with. You
can either download the source and patch, or wait for some new
binaries. Or possibly move the perl.so plugin from
/usr/lib/xchat/plugins/ if you don't need perl support.
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