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Re: XChat 1.9.4 Crash



On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 09:48, Lloyd Williams wrote:
> 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.

Hmm...that's a problem.  There is no /usr/lib/xchat/.  And, according to
the RPM, it installs absolutely nothing in /usr/lib/xchat/.  Also, there
are no .so's in ~/.xchat.  I don't need perl support, so I have no
problem moving it...if I could find it.

Did I do something wrong in installing the RPM to not get
/usr/lib/xchat/?  I did an rpm -Fvh to install over the old version
(1.8) that I had.

Matt Thompson
-- 
"And isn't sanity really just a one-trick pony, anyway?  I mean,
all you get is one trick, rational thinking, but when you're good
and crazy, ooh ooh ooh, the sky's the limit!" -- The Tick
  The Matt -- http://ucsub.colorado.edu/~thompsma/

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