Re: [dev] [st] crashing terminal

From: Alexander Krotov <ilabdsf_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 12:21:13 +0300

On 25/01/2019 12:13, lokus06_AT_web.de wrote:
> Hello, this is my first time posting on a mailing list, so i hope
> everything will work out well.
>
> Here is my problem: Whenever i use terminal based application like
> 'neomutt' or 'mpsyt' the terminal will crash with an output similar
> to (only the numbers change)
>
> # X Error of failed request: BadLength (poly request too large or
> # internal Xlib length error)
> # Major opcode of failed request: 139 (RENDER)
> # Minor opcode of failed request: 20 (RenderAddGlyphs)
> # Serial number of failed request: 3994
> # Current serial number in output stream: 4038
>
> It occurs when i try to open a folder (neomutt) or when the search
> results should display (mpsyt). In both cases a long list with
> entries should be displayed, but the terminal crashes instead.
>
> Regarding to this topic i already asked for help for xst-git, where
> i was told to mail my problem to the mailing list. See link below
> for xst-issues page:
>
> https://github.com/gnotclub/xst/issues/61
>
> I hope you can help me out, since i really enjoy using this terminal.
>
> Best regards,
> Richard
>
It is a known bug in libxft:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxft/issues/6

You can remove Noto fonts as a workaround.
Received on Fri Jan 25 2019 - 10:21:13 CET

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