230239 - gtk2 + xft and root only readable ttf fonts cause crashes

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 183729

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[leduc]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686) Gecko/20031119 Galeon/1.3.7
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20031119

I am running mozilla 1.4 on rh 9 and ximian xd2.

When I load slashdot.org, it starts loading web page, then just dies without any
error message. Same for most webpages. A simple web page loads.

If I run moz as root, it works fine.

I also used Moz Firebird (0.7). The non gtk2 XFT version loads slashdot fine.
The gtk+xft version crashes for non-root.

If I set the option to force web sites to use my default font, I can display
slashdot. 

I found a directory that had ttf fonts that were readable only by root. I made
them world readable, and I could load slashdot.org (with its fonts) without crash.

I think most websites that specify fonts would have crashed



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.see above
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Actual Results:  
when loading, say  slashdot.org, mozilla said "starting to load" then just
exited without any messages.

Expected Results:  
Displayed the website.

Comment 1

[Andrew Schultz]

dupe of "Segmentation fault in XftLockFace (.ttf files need to be world-readable)"

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 183729 ***