Java , Xfontsel Crashes X Server

From: Osho GG (oshogg_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/31/04 

Date: 31 Aug 2004 09:50:39 -0700

Hi,

I just installed Suse 9.1 Professional on my IBM Thinkpad T42p laptop.
It is working really great and I am very happy with it. Except for one
annoying problem.

Ever time I run a webpage with java applet in it, X crashes. I get
back at the kdm login screen. I can not find any error message in
/var/log/XFree86*. This happens irrespective of whether I run java
applet in mozilla, konqueror or firefox. I tried all three of them
with the same result.

I also tried running the browser in vncserver that is supplied with
Suse 9.1. I got the same error. The Vncserver crashes.

I also discovered by accident that if I open xfontsel and then try to
select most fonts, say bitstream charter, arial etc. - that also
crashes X server. If I select fonts like fixed, mono etc. xfontsel
does not crash X server. I repeated the same experiments with xfontsel
running inside of vncserver (supplied with Suse 9.1) and I got the
same crashes.

I tried installing a new vncserver from http://www.realvnc.com and
there are no more crashes while running java applets or xfontsel
inside the realvnc vncserver.

I am using XFree86-4.3.99.902-43.28 supplied with Suse 9.1 I have
ATI's Mobility FireGL 2 card for which I am using ATI's fglrx drivers.
I tried using XFree86's radeon driver instead of fglrx but they also
gave the same crashes.

I have some critical corporate applications that require java applets
so this is a real annoying problem for me (with the only workaround is
to run them in realvnc vncserver - which is not very convenient). I
would appreciate any thoughts on how to solve this.

thanks,
Osho

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