FreeFontPath message on X.org shutdown

Scott Robbins scottro at nyc.rr.com
Wed Jan 17 23:16:12 UTC 2007


On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 12:10:01AM +0100, Rene Ladan wrote:
> applecom at inbox.ru schreef:
> > X.org on my 6.2-PRERELEASE always writes the following to console when
> > exit:
> > 
> > waiting for X server to shut down FreeFontPath: FPE
> > "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing.
> > 
> > I saw it on previous versions of X.org and FreeBSD too. I googled for it
> > but didn't find something for fix. It seems this message is very common.
> > Is it error or not?
> 
> Don't know, but it also happens in CURRENT with X.org 7.2rc3.

It happens in Linux too.  The general consensus (and experience)
indicate that it's harmless.


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