Hi, With CVS I''m seeing something near infinite recursion in FcCacheReadDirs: #77 0x00485140 in FcCacheReadDirs (config=0x97049a0, cache=0x970fd10, list=0xbff4998, set=0x970bae8) at fccache.c:850 #78 0x00485140 in FcCacheReadDirs (config=0x97049a0, cache=0x970fd10, list=0xbff3370, set=0x970bae8) at fccache.c:850 #79 0x00485140 in FcCacheReadDirs (config=0x97049a0, cache=0x970fd10, list=0xbff05b0, set=0x970bae8) at fccache.c:850 ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---q Quit (gdb) f 72 #72 0x00485140 in FcCacheReadDirs (config=0x97049a0, cache=0x970fd10, list=0xbffb838, set=0x970bae8) at fccache.c:850 850 ret += FcCacheReadDirs (config, cache, sublist, set); (gdb) I have fonts in ~/.fonts. I just ran fc-cache as user. --behdad http://behdad.org/ "Commandment Three says Do Not Kill, Amendment Two says Blood Will Spill" -- Dan Bern, "New American Language"