According to the link: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2183029
I commented out from /etc/X11/xorg.conf : #Section "Files" # FontPath "unix/:7100" #EndSection to achieve a similar effect of uninstalling xfs This seems to be another successful workaround. (Unless xfs is manually called or something). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/738526 Title: crash accessing font info with xfs in fontpath Status in X.Org X server: Confirmed Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “xorg-server” package in Debian: Confirmed Bug description: This occurs even AFTER the fix released in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/650539 . So please do not mark this bug "duplicate" without first reopening 650539. Symptoms are exactly the same, when I try to launch Google Earth, Skype or certain other apps my X session crashes. I am running on a 64bit machine with Ubuntu 10.10, nvidia-current 260.19.06-0ubuntu1 and xserver-xorg-core 2:1.9.0-0ubuntu7.3. Also happens with xserver-xorg-core 2:1.9.0-0ubuntu7.1. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xorg-server/+bug/738526/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
