xfe (fox) segmentation fault

[Jonathan Stickel]

Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> 
> On Dec 24, 2008, at 10:54, Jonathan Stickel wrote:
> 
>> I would like to try the xfe file manager.  It installs fine (Tiger 
>> 10.4.11), but then seg faults when I try to run it:
>>
>> $ xfe
>> Segmentation fault
>>
>> The problem seems to be with the fox library on which it is built; if 
>> I run a binary that is part of the fox build, I also get segmentation 
>> faults.  For example:
>>
>> $ port contents fox | grep bin
>>   /opt/local/bin/adie
>> ...
>>
>> $ /opt/local/bin/adie
>> Segmentation fault
>>
>> Does anyone else see this?  Should I file a bug report ticket?
> 
> I don't get a segmentation fault on Tiger... When X11 is not running I get:
> 
> $ adie
> Adie::openDisplay: unable to open display :0.0
> 
> 
> And when X11 is running I get:
> 
> $ adie
> _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Cannot connect to non-local host ????????????
> XIO:  fatal IO error 22 (Unknown error: 0) on X server ":0.0"
>       after 7 requests (6 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
> 
> 
> Which is this ticket:
> 
> http://trac.macports.org/ticket/17558
> 

I am well aware of that bug.  It can be at least partially fixed for 
gtk2 by removing the libXfixes dependency from the portfile, as I report 
in the ticket.

Perhaps this bug with the fox library is related... How can we debug it?

Jonathan