Hi ~suv,

thanks for your hints. Sorry - but the remedy doesnt cure…
I did both (remove ~/.fontconfig and remove "<cachedir>fontconfig</cachedir>" in the fonts.conf - neither makes it work. 

NB.: I'm talking about the precompiled inkscape 0.46 on a macports-X11-environment.

This is crashreporter:

Host Name:      Martins-G4
Date/Time:      2009-11-23 15:29:30.350 +0100
OS Version:     10.4.11 (Build 8S165)
Report Version: 4

Command: inkscape-bin
Path:    /Applications/Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources/bin/inkscape-bin
Parent:  Inkscape [6553]

Version: 0.46 (0.46)

PID:    6554
Thread: 0

Exception:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes:      KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS (0x0001) at 0x8a514900

Thread 0 Crashed:
0   libfontconfig.1.dylib   0x01f7e248 FcStrListCreate + 56
1   libfontconfig.1.dylib   0x01f74d20 FcLangSetHasLang + 368
2   libfontconfig.1.dylib   0x01f76a88 FcFontList + 968
3   libfontconfig.1.dylib   0x01f76ee0 FcFontList + 2080
4   libfontconfig.1.dylib   0x01f771f8 FcFontList + 2872
5   libfontconfig.1.dylib   0x01f77a7c FcFontSetSort + 412
6   libfontconfig.1.dylib   0x01f77f9c FcFontSort + 140
7   libpangoft2-1.0.0.dylib 0x01cda6dc _pango_fc_font_map_remove + 2236
8   libpango-1.0.0.dylib     0x01d0ebb8 pango_context_get_gravity_hint + 3672
9   libpango-1.0.0.dylib     0x01d0f2b0 pango_itemize_with_base_dir + 304
10  libpango-1.0.0.dylib     0x01d18f60 pango_layout_iter_get_char_extents + 2208
11  libpango-1.0.0.dylib     0x01d19dfc pango_layout_iter_get_char_extents + 5948
12  libgtk-x11-2.0.0.dylib   0x01844010 gtk_cell_renderer_text_new + 1232
13  libgtk-x11-2.0.0.dylib   0x018462bc gtk_cell_view_get_type + 2412
14  libgobject-2.0.0.dylib   0x01d49224 g_closure_invoke + 372
15  libgobject-2.0.0.dylib   0x01d5dabc g_signal_init + 4620
16  libgobject-2.0.0.dylib   0x01d5f44c g_signal_emit_valist + 2012
17  libgobject-2.0.0.dylib   0x01d62fac g_signal_emit_by_name + 460
18  libgtk-x11-2.0.0.dylib   0x0199d1a8 _gtk_size_group_compute_requisition + 104
19  libgtk-x11-2.0.0.dylib   0x0186d46c gtk_combo_box_set_focus_on_click + 396
20  libgtk-x11-2.0.0.dylib   0x0186e270 gtk_combo_box_get_active_iter + 1600
21  libgobject-2.0.0.dylib   0x01d49224 g_closure_invoke + 372
22  libgobject-2.0.0.dylib   0x01d5dee0 g_signal_init + 5680
23  libgobject-2.0.0.dylib   0x01d5f44c g_signal_emit_valist + 2012
24  libgobject-2.0.0.dylib   0x01d5f8f0 g_signal_emit + 48
25  libgtk-x11-2.0.0.dylib   0x0191a1b4 gtk_list_store_insert + 404
26  libgtkmm-2.4.1.dylib     0x00b5cfc8 Gtk::ListStore::append() + 56
27  inkscape-bin             0x0024cd5c 0x1000 + 2407772
28  inkscape-bin             0x0024d124 0x1000 + 2408740
29  inkscape-bin             0x0024d458 0x1000 + 2409560
30  inkscape-bin             0x0024db48 0x1000 + 2411336
31  inkscape-bin             0x002463e4 0x1000 + 2380772
32  inkscape-bin             0x0000d140 0x1000 + 49472
33  inkscape-bin             0x0000ddf0 0x1000 + 52720
34  inkscape-bin             0x00004d70 0x1000 + 15728
35  inkscape-bin             0x000043ec 0x1000 + 13292
36  inkscape-bin             0x000028dc 0x1000 + 6364
37  inkscape-bin             0x000025e0 0x1000 + 5600

Thread 0 crashed with PPC Thread State 64:
  srr0: 0x0000000001f7e248 srr1: 0x000000000200f930                        vrsave: 0x0000000000000000
    cr: 0x22284224          xer: 0x0000000000000000   lr: 0x0000000001f7e240  ctr: 0x0000000001f74140
    r0: 0x0000000000000000   r1: 0x00000000bfffd710   r2: 0x0000000000000000   r3: 0x000000000000000e
    r4: 0x0000000000000008   r5: 0x000000000390c5c8   r6: 0x0000000000000000   r7: 0x0000000000000001
    r8: 0x0000000000000001   r9: 0x00000000000000ab  r10: 0x0000000003b016bd  r11: 0x0000000001f90524
   r12: 0x0000000000000008  r13: 0x0000000003bd8f10  r14: 0x00000000bfffdb88  r15: 0x0000000000000000
   r16: 0x0000000001f978f8  r17: 0x0000000001f910ac  r18: 0x00000000bfffdb88  r19: 0x0000000003ab54d0
   r20: 0x0000000003b97004  r21: 0x000000000390c5c8  r22: 0x0000000003ab54b8  r23: 0x000000000390c5e0
   r24: 0x0000000000000001  r25: 0x0000000000000023  r26: 0x0000000000000024  r27: 0x0000000000000024
   r28: 0x0000000000000001  r29: 0x000000008a514900  r30: 0x0000000003ab5e80  r31: 0x0000000001f74bc4

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0x975fa000 - 0x976c2fff libX11.6.dylib /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.6.dylib

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Greetings,

Wolf





[1] Inkscape 0.46 crash with 'FcStrListCreate'

    That crash looks like a known issue to me - I can search the bug
    number if needed, the fix could be necessary on two levels.
    first try this:
    1) clear the user font cache (rm ~/.fontconfig/*)
    2) restart Inkscape
    if that doesn't fix it, you have to edit the font configuration file
    inside the 0.46 app bundle, I'll post a follow-up with instructions
    and the link to the corresponding bug report.


A) conflict with Macports

Bug #400165 “Binary Inkscape dist crashes when MacPorts is installed”:
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/400165>

Issue: incompatible fontcaches in '/opt/local/var/cache/fontconfig' - a
conflict between the bundled fontconfig libraries in Inkscape 0.46 and
recently installed MacPorts fontconfig versions.

Fix: modify the Inkscape 0.46 bundle from sf.net:
edit the font configuration file
'Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources/etc/fonts/fonts.conf'
to remove the following line:
 <cachedir>/opt/local/var/cache/fontconfig</cachedir>

Note: The same conflicts happens with Inkscape 0.46-3 Tiger on OS X
10.4.11 if fontconfig is installed via MacPorts (see bug #183322
comments 7-14). Modifying 'fonts.conf' as described in comment 4 fixes
the issue.
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/183322> comments #7-14


B) conflict with newer Xquartz

Bug #415900 “0.46 not starting on MacOSX 10.5.8 X11 2.4.0”:
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/415900>

Issue: same conflict as in bug #400165, but seems to happen after
installing an upgraded version of X11/Xquartz that also includes newer
versions of fontconfig.

Fix: clear the user font cache
 rm ~/.fontconfig/*
and restart Inkscape 0.46, be patient because it can take a while until
the fontcaches are re-created.


hth, ~suv

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