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:
      
      
      
      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.
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
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                                                          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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                                      Arts Professional, Performer,
                                      Instructor
                                      ACE, Sound Design MSc by Research
                                      (ongoing)
                                      The University of Edinburgh, UK
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                      Performer, Instructor
                      ACE, Sound Design MSc by Research (ongoing)
                      The University of Edinburgh, UK
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        Independent New Media and Sonic Arts Professional, Performer,
        Instructor
        ACE, Sound Design MSc by Research (ongoing)
        The University of Edinburgh, UK
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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http://marcodonnarumma.com
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