Bug 7385

Summary:	refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing
Product:	xorg	Reporter:	SAR <alohasurfing>
Component:	Server/General	Assignee:	Xorg Project Team <xorg-team>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:	Xorg Project Team <xorg-team>
Severity:	normal
Priority:	highest	CC:	brant, bugreports
Version:	6.9.0
Hardware:	x86 (IA32)
OS:	NetBSD
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Description SAR 2006-07-01 08:15:36 UTC

waiting for X server to shut down FreeFontPath: FPE
"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing.

I have seen this message for the past few years in various Linux distros and now 
in NetBSD 3.0 when logging out of X and into console.

What seems to be the cause of this and what is the fix?

Comment 1 SAR 2006-07-03 20:42:13 UTC

I just installed 7.0 on Gentoo, and guess what?

X is doing the samething, this is really a issue with X concerning all
Linux/Unix systems, but does anyone have a answer, or fix for this?

I have been looking into this for the past two years, and have not come up with
anything, so I submitted this bug report in hopes of finally getting a answer.

Thank you.

Comment 2 SAR 2006-07-03 20:45:01 UTC

(In reply to comment #1)
> I just installed 7.0 on Gentoo, and guess what?
> 
> X is doing the samething, this is really a issue with X concerning all
> Linux/Unix systems, but does anyone have a answer, or fix for this?
> 
> I have been looking into this for the past year, and have not come up with
> anything, so I submitted this bug report in hopes of finally getting a answer.
> 
> Thank you.

Comment 3 SAR 2006-07-03 20:45:55 UTC

Sorry I submitted a reply twice, my mistake.

Thank you.

Comment 4 Adam Jackson 2006-07-13 07:11:03 UTC

I chased this down at one point.  It was something like refcounting the FPE
twice, once for fixed and once for cursor, and then destroying the FPE without
destroying both font references first.

It's harmless, but it's certainly irritating.

Comment 5 SAR 2006-07-13 16:16:56 UTC

So is there a fix for this?

THANKS

Comment 6 Daniel Stone 2007-02-27 01:32:43 UTC

Sorry about the phenomenal bug spam, guys.  Adding xorg-team@ to the QA contact so bugs don't get lost in future.

Comment 7 Peter Hutterer 2009-09-06 23:40:32 UTC

I wonder if this was fixed with 28b6b1519c4c526662302fac4ed9b7f540bafd4a    loader: Simplify handle allocation and refcounting.

I remember seeing this error myself but can't find it in my logfiles, neither 1.6 nor master ones. Can you still reproduce this?

Comment 8 Julien Cristau 2009-09-07 01:49:25 UTC

> --- Comment #7 from Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>  2009-09-06 23:40:32 PST ---
> I remember seeing this error myself but can't find it in my logfiles, neither
> 1.6 nor master ones. Can you still reproduce this?

iirc the message was removed a while back (by ajax?)

Comment 9 Julien Cristau 2010-03-21 07:23:00 UTC

(In reply to comment #8)
> iirc the message was removed a while back (by ajax?)
> 
found it:

commit 9113fa3de36e84bbae2727cace82b1cf0d709a86
Author: Adam Jackson <ajax@redhat.com>
Date:   Fri Feb 1 15:03:57 2008 +1100

    Silence the harmless FreeFontPath error message.

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