I did some debugging of fc-cache. Also found the environment variable to enable verbose debugging. As you can see it scans a bit, then simply dumps memory statistics, never gets any further. Any one have an idea why it may be doing so? I have included a small dump below. Thanks Glenn R. Martin http://www.technicalstressings.com Scanning file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/UTBI__10-ISO8859-1.pcf.gz... using FreeType family "Utopia" using FreeType style "Bold Italic" Style Bold Italic maps to weight 200 Style Bold Italic maps to width -1 Style Bold Italic maps to slant 100 Style Bold Italic maps to decorative 0 Fc Memory Usage: Which Alloc Free Active count bytes count bytes count bytes charset 1141 976426 1138 972990 3 3436 charleaf 569 18208 0 0 569 18208 fontset 3 36 0 0 3 36 fontptr 0 0 0 0 0 0 objectset 0 0 0 0 0 0 objectptr 0 0 0 0 0 0 matrix 4 128 2 64 2 64 pattern 1 16 0 0 1 16 patelt 1 128 0 0 1 128 vallist 12 240 0 0 12 240 substate 0 0 0 0 0 0 string 2581 115469 391 5010 2190 110459 listbuck 0 0 0 0 0 0 strset 1961 7218000 2 76 1959 7217924 strlist 4 32 2 16 2 16 config 1 68 0 0 1 68 langset 0 0 0 0 0 0 atomic 0 0 0 0 0 0 blanks 3 396 1 128 2 268 cache 0 0 0 0 0 0 strbuf 609 40000 609 40000 0 0 subst 80 960 0 0 80 960 objecttype 0 0 0 0 0 0 constant 0 0 0 0 0 0 test 97 2328 0 0 97 2328 expr 364 4368 0 0 364 4368 vstack 521 10420 521 10420 0 0 attr 628 628 628 628 0 0 pstack 628 20096 628 20096 0 0 staticstr 4 133 0 0 4 133 Total 9212 8408080 3922 1049428 5290 7358652 Fc Memory Usage: Which Alloc Free Active count bytes count bytes count bytes charset 1640 2018036 1637 2013102 3 4934 charleaf 819 26208 0 0 819 26208 fontset 3 36 0 0 3 36 fontptr 0 0 0 0 0 0 objectset 0 0 0 0 0 0 objectptr 0 0 0 0 0 0 matrix 4 128 2 64 2 64 pattern 1 16 0 0 1 16 patelt 1 128 0 0 1 128 vallist 12 240 0 0 12 240 substate 0 0 0 0 0 0 string 2581 115469 391 5010 2190 110459 listbuck 0 0 0 0 0 0 strset 1961 7218000 2 76 1959 7217924 strlist 4 32 2 16 2 16 config 1 68 0 0 1 68 langset 0 0 0 0 0 0 atomic 0 0 0 0 0 0 blanks 3 396 1 128 2 268 cache 0 0 0 0 0 0 strbuf 609 40000 609 40000 0 0 subst 80 960 0 0 80 960 objecttype 0 0 0 0 0 0 constant 0 0 0 0 0 0 test 97 2328 0 0 97 2328 expr 364 4368 0 0 364 4368 vstack 521 10420 521 10420 0 0 attr 628 628 628 628 0 0 pstack 628 20096 628 20096 0 0 staticstr 4 133 0 0 4 133 Total 9961 9457690 4421 2089540 5540 7368150 Fc Memory Usage: Which Alloc Free Active count bytes count bytes count bytes charset 2020 3061326 2017 3055252 3 6074 charleaf 1009 32288 0 0 1009 32288 fontset 3 36 0 0 3 36 fontptr 0 0 0 0 0 0 objectset 0 0 0 0 0 0 objectptr 0 0 0 0 0 0 matrix 4 128 2 64 2 64 pattern 1 16 0 0 1 16 patelt 1 128 0 0 1 128 vallist 12 240 0 0 12 240 substate 0 0 0 0 0 0 string 2581 115469 391 5010 2190 110459 listbuck 0 0 0 0 0 0 strset 1961 7218000 2 76 1959 7217924 strlist 4 32 2 16 2 16 config 1 68 0 0 1 68 langset 0 0 0 0 0 0 atomic 0 0 0 0 0 0 blanks 3 396 1 128 2 268 cache 0 0 0 0 0 0 strbuf 609 40000 609 40000 0 0 subst 80 960 0 0 80 960 objecttype 0 0 0 0 0 0 constant 0 0 0 0 0 0 test 97 2328 0 0 97 2328 expr 364 4368 0 0 364 4368 vstack 521 10420 521 10420 0 0 attr 628 628 628 628 0 0 pstack 628 20096 628 20096 0 0 staticstr 4 133 0 0 4 133 Total 1053110507060 4801 3131690 5730 7375370 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature Size: 4510 bytes Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature Url : http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/fontconfig/attachments/20070515/818935ec/attachment.bin