Nerd-fonts: Segmentation fault

[obxhdx]

Hello! I'm trying to patch Inconsolata, but any parameter I give to font-patcher causes a seg fault. Below are the package versions I'm using. I'd appreciate if you could tell me if there's anything I'm missing.

$ python --version
Python 2.7.9

$ fontforge --version
Copyright (c) 2000-2014 by George Williams. See AUTHORS for Contributors.
 License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
 with many parts BSD <http://fontforge.org/license.html>. Please read LICENSE.
 Based on sources from 20:50 BST  1-Apr-2015-D.
 Based on source from git with hash:
fontforge 20:50 BST  1-Apr-2015
libfontforge 20150401

$ ./font-patcher unpatched-sample-fonts/Inconsolata/Inconsolata\ for\ Powerline.otf
[1]    82858 segmentation fault  ./font-patcher

[ryanoasis]

@obxhdx hmm that is odd. Im using python 2.7.6 though I doubt that is causing anything.

Do you have the python fontforge module? It should be warning about that if not.

Seems like something else is going on...

I have actually been working on running the patcher for the remaining unpatched fonts. I will push it up soon if you want to grab Inconsolata from here (https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-filetype-glyphs-fonts-patcher/tree/master/patched-fonts/Inconsolata)

[obxhdx]

Oh, cool. Thanks for the Inconsolata font!

FYI, I was trying the patcher on a Mac. At first I got the warning about the fontforge module, but installing it via homebrew was enough to get past that.

But well, Inconsolata is all I wanted. Thank you again.

[adambiggs]

Just ran into this as well... Probably should be reopened.

I'm also using python 2.7.9 and the same version of fontforge, both installed via Homebrew on OSX.

[ryanoasis]

Hmm probably will need some help on this one.

Did a fresh install of fontforge on Fedora and no issue running the patcher.

If someone could try to debug that'd be great

python -m pdb ./font-patcher unpatched-sample-fonts/Inconsolata/Inconsolata\ for\ Powerline.otf
python -i

or some other way

initial thoughts... seems like my script is doing something very bad performance wise..

Just out of curiousity, can you tell me what you get for ulimit -s ?

Does running the script with the -q (quiet) flag make any difference ?

[nicholasc]

I have the same problem on OS X running Python 2.7.9 and a fontforge build from May 5th.

I'm not very familiar with Python, but using:
python -m pdb ./font-patcher unpatched-sample-fonts/Inconsolata/Inconsolata\ for\ Powerline.otf

I got:

> /Users/nicholas/.vim/bundle/nerd-filetype-glyphs-fonts-patcher/font-patcher(3)<module>()
-> import sys
(Pdb) next
> /Users/nicholas/.vim/bundle/nerd-filetype-glyphs-fonts-patcher/font-patcher(4)<module>()
-> import psMat
(Pdb) next
[1]    63258 segmentation fault  python -m pdb ./font-patcher

Running the script with the quiet flag does not change anything.

It seems like the psMat package might be causing the issue here. I'll try and investigate further.

[nicholasc]

The issue is with fontforge on Mac OS X. I haven't been able to import psMat or fontforge packages in any python script without getting the same segfault. I ended up patching my font on linux.

@ryanoasis I believe this issue can be close on your side as this seems to be a problem related to fontforge. If I ever come across a solution, I'll post it here.

[ryanoasis]

@nicholasc Thanks! Sorry I never said that!!! :blush:

I will probably add something to the wiki and close it soon (getting caught up on these issues)

[ryanoasis]

Closed via: https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/wiki/FAQ-and-Troubleshooting#segmentation-fault-running-python-patcher