Re: Zenmap will not start on Mac OSX 10.6.3

[David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>]

On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 12:20:55PM -0400, Riley Strehlow wrote:
> I tried starting from the Application icon and it crashed; it seemed
> to be stalling after X11 started up but before the Zenmap interface
> appeared. I installed gdb and it works just fine when initiated via
> CLI under Root.
>
> Upon entering the gdb commands, this is the output:
>
> (gdb) run
> Starting program: /Applications/Zenmap.app/Contents/MacOS/Zenmap 
> Reading symbols for shared libraries .++....... done
> Xlib:  extension "RANDR" missing on display "/tmp/launch-UvNf9L/org.x:0".
> /Applications/Zenmap.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.5/site-packages.zip/zenmapGUI/MainWindow.py:72: GtkWarning: 
> Default font does not have a positive size
> /Applications/Zenmap.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.5/site-packages.zip/zenmapGUI/ProfileCombo.py:45: GtkWarning: 
> Default font does not have a positive size
> /Applications/Zenmap.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.5/site-packages.zip/zenmapGUI/MainWindow.py:365: GtkWarning: 
> Default font does not have a positive size
> /Applications/Zenmap.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.5/site-packages.zip/zenmapGUI/App.py:166: GtkWarning: Default 
> font does not have a positive size
>
> After this worked, I re-ran it under my normal account from its
> Application icon. It seems to be doing just fine. Weird.

Try deleting the .fontconfig directory in your home directory and
starting the application by the icon again.

Had Zenmap been crashing or only appearing to stall? The first time you
start it, it can take a long time (several minutes) for the font cache
to be initialized. After that it will be faster.

David Fifield
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