Subject: Re: Crash when pressing delete key
From: afowler13
Date: Mar 4, 2009

Previous: 572

Even though I said it in a private mail, thanks Tom! This seems to have fixed the problem, and I doubt Id ever have found it myself. I did figure it had something to do with a Mac OS update.

A few relevant bits for the benefit of everyone else who may hit this problem (which doesnt seem to exist in OS X 10.5):

1. The file is /usr/X11R6/lib/libfreetype.6.3.dylib, the linked post indicates its in /usr/X11/lib. Also, make sure you back up the original first and rename the file correctly (i.e. strip off the -intel at the end).

2. Make sure the file has the correct ownership/permissions. I somehow got a copy owned by me and not root, and that didnt work.

I hope this helps someone else on the group, too.

Andrew

--- In nmr_sparky@yahoogroups.com , Tom Goddard goddard@... wrote:

Hi Andrew,

Your problem appears to be a bug introduced by a recent Mac 10.4
security patch which updated the freetype library in the Apple X11.

http://lists.apple.com/archives/x11-users/2009/Feb/msg00040.html

The suggested solution in the above post is to replace the X11 freetype
library with a newer one provided by Jeremy Huddleston.

Tom

{stripped the crash reporter log, etc.}