Hi Nick,
good to know, but this is just a workaround.
That command line changes the font-face which Pd will use.

Looking for the xfont error log you have posted I found this thread:
http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Debian/2005-05/2360.html

A similar error has been solved --dpkg purge(ing) and apt-get install(ing) two font packages.
If I'm not wrong the Pd default font is ttf-bitstream-vera, I guess there could be something wrong in your font configuration.

Although, I don't understand why it causes your Pd to crash only with cntrl and flext.
Anyone?

Best,
Marco


On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 9:17 AM, Nick Burge <nburge@virginmedia.com> wrote:
Yes....that's it. The patch loads fine now. I guess I should add the "-font-face Monaco" flag to the startup settings.
Can you explain why this makes it work?
Thanks very much for your help.
Nick


On 02/28/2011 01:28 AM, Marco Donnarumma wrote:
Hi Nick,
I see. Thanks for the info.

Could you try to start Pd from the terminal with:
pdextended -font-face Monaco

It seems hard to find the problem. I saw you wrote on the list, did anybody replied?
If not, I'll write too. I'm sorry but I'm a bit clueless at the moment, but I use to run the patch on several Ubuntu machines and never encountered this problem before.

Best,
Marco



On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 10:33 PM, Nick Burge <nburge@virginmedia.com> wrote:
Hi Marco, I uninstalled compiz in synaptic but the crash is still happening. Yes, I can bang the other bangs and I see the help patches no problem. The graphic card is G86 nvidia GEforce 8400m G
The only time I had a crash like this was when trying to use Thomas Grills flext based external Xsample.
Otherwise PD behaves in a very stable manner.
The font issue may well be the cause, but that is just a sort of hunch of mine.
Many thanks for your interest and support in this problem
Nick




On 02/23/2011 01:01 PM, Marco Donnarumma wrote:
Ok, if you have Compiz enabled, could you try to disable it and run again CNTRL from the terminal?

Are you able to bang the other [bangs] in the splash screen and see the related popup subpatches?

Which graphic card do you have?

It seems something related to the font Pd look for, but can't find useful info about it. I'll keep on looking.

Can you normally use Pd with no problem?

Thanks,

Best,
Marco





On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 9:02 PM, Nick Burge <nburge@virginmedia.com> wrote:
Hi Marco....I tried the -noloadbang flag, but the crash actually occurs when I click the big bang button on the splash screen to open the main C[]NTR[]L patch.
Any ideas much appreciated.
Nick



On 02/22/2011 06:07 PM, Marco Donnarumma wrote:
Hi Nick,
thanks for your feedback, much appreciated.

I run the software on Ubuntu Lucid Lynx with no problem.
Indeed, the log you posted seems to be something X11 related, even though at the moment we cannot exclude it's CNTRL doing something that your system does not like.

Could you try to run CNTRL in the terminal with the flag -noloadbang?
Perhaps there are some initialization parameters which conflict with some settings of your system.

Thanks,
Best wishes,
Marco


On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 11:54 AM, Nick Burge <nburge@virginmedia.com> wrote:
btw, running pd extended in a terminal I get the following error when it crashes out....


X Error of failed request:  BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  45 (X_OpenFont)
  Serial number of failed request:  22074
  Current serial number in output stream:  22075
recv: Connection reset by peer (104)

best Nick.



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: c:ntr:l
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 11:49:50 +0000
From: Nick Burge <tectp@telefonica.net>
To: devel@thesaddj.com 


Hello Marco, congratulations on your interesting and beautifully 
documented project Xth sense.
I'm interested in trying to get C:NTR:l running on my ubuntu 10.04 
laptop system, but trying to start the patch crashes PD and causes it to 
close immediately.
Do you know of anyone running it on a comparable system?
best regards, Nick Burge.



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ACE, Sound Design MSc by Research (ongoing)
The University of Edinburgh, UK
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--
Marco Donnarumma
Independent New Media and Sonic Arts Professional, Performer, Instructor
ACE, Sound Design MSc by Research (ongoing)
The University of Edinburgh, UK
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Portfolio: http://marcodonnarumma.com
Lab: http://www.thesaddj.com | http://cntrl.sourceforge.net | http://www.flxer.net
Event: http://www.liveperformersmeeting.net




--
Marco Donnarumma
Independent New Media and Sonic Arts Professional, Performer, Instructor
ACE, Sound Design MSc by Research (ongoing)
The University of Edinburgh, UK
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Portfolio: http://marcodonnarumma.com
Lab: http://www.thesaddj.com | http://cntrl.sourceforge.net | http://www.flxer.net
Event: http://www.liveperformersmeeting.net




--
Marco Donnarumma
Independent New Media and Sonic Arts Professional, Performer, Instructor
ACE, Sound Design MSc by Research (ongoing)
The University of Edinburgh, UK
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Portfolio: http://marcodonnarumma.com
Lab: http://www.thesaddj.com | http://cntrl.sourceforge.net | http://www.flxer.net
Event: http://www.liveperformersmeeting.net