FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing.

[Lowell Gilbert]

Glenn Todd <g.todd at internet.co.nz> writes:

> Since upgrading to FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE-p8, and completeing a ports  
> cvsup (29 Oct) and portsupgade -arR  I have been getting the following  
> error when the gnome desktop starts and during shutdown.
> 
> FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" refcount is 2,  
> should be 1; fixing.
> 
> I presume it is something do with the following ports or their  
> dependencies:
> Gnome 2.10.2
> xorg-server-6.8.2_6
> xorg-clients-6.8.2
> xorg-fontserver-6.8.2
> 
> The same error is occuring on my laptop and main machine both are at  
> the same OS and ports upgrade level.
> 
> This problem has been reported before,  however, I cannot find a fix.

The message is benign.