Re: Recovered files (font cache) issue in users's trash can
Re: Recovered files (font cache) issue in users's trash can
- Subject: Re: Recovered files (font cache) issue in users's trash can
- From: Jeremy Huddleston <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:16:17 -0800
On Feb 26, 2008, at 13:49, Sierk Bornemann wrote:
Hi!
Since weeks, I have a problem with the font cache under Leopard
(only if logged-in as user -- logged-in as admin, the problem
doesn't occur), and I can't see the cause or how to solve the problem.
By "user" and "admin", do you mean the OSX "Administrator" versus
"Standard" user? Or do you mean something else? Honestly, that
should actually have no baring on fontconfig, so I'm curious...
System:
MBP 17“, Leopard (currently 10.5.2)
Latest XQuartz from http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/xquartz for
running Gimp properly.
The problem firstly occured between 10.5.1 and 10.5.2, and I don't
remember, if before or after switching from Apple's factory X11 to
the one of XQuartz's project, so I don't know, wether my problem has
anything to do with the XQuartz/X11 exchange or not.
The default Leopard release didn't do any fontconfig caching. All of
the macosforge.org updates did font caching via launchd. Versions
2.1.0 through 2.1.3 just did fc-cache when the user logged in. 2.1.4
updated this further by including the font_cache.sh file which caused
bothe system-wide and local cached to be made and font.{dir,scale}
files to be updated as well.
Regulary, being logged-in as user, my user account's trash can isn't
empty but contains of a directory "Recovered files", which itself
contains a directory like "ATS - 223553367".
This ATS-something-directory itself may contain files like
"annex_auth" (executable), "Local.fcache",
"System.fcache", "User.fcache" and "font". The files "annex_auth"
and "font" are always there, the others may be part of the folder
the next login.
Mostly, I can delete these files by emptying trash, but not every
single time. Sometimes (not everytime) the system denies that,
because one or all of theses files seem to be locked by the system
because of usage.
Are you sure those are related to X11? It doesn't seem like it... you
might have some other issue...
...
After searching around the net and not finding a solution,
I have logged-in as admin or root into the shell, went to /var/
folders/kp/kpPJ1m.../-Caches- folder, and there is a folder
com.apple.ATS/, which seems to consist of exactly these fonts, which
are regulary in my trash can unter "Recovered files". The folder
com.apple.ATS/ and all below has the the owner/group of "admin/
staff". Quite the same with the folder /var/folders/zz/zzzivh.../-
Caches-/System. There do exist the files "annex_auth" and "font". Is
this the system's user's font cache under Leopard (I have read,
something has changed on Leopard concerning that)? Both, files and
folders unter zzzivh.../ do have the owner/group "_atsserver/
_atsserver". Deleting these files manually seems to resolve the
issue for exactly one time after logging-out and logging-in again or
rebooting. For the next time, I reboot or log-in as user, the user's
trash can again consists of "Recovered files" and these font cache
files.
So, what the hell is the cause of this issue, and how can I get rid
of it?
I'm not sure, but it's definitely seems it's not X11 related. ATS is
the Apple Type Solutions Server. It pretty much provides font
services to everything *except* X11 (which has two different font
services just for itself...) Sorry that I can't be of more help =/
--Jeremy
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