kCGFontSharedCacheKeyMaxQ ANYONE????

CGFontKey.c:227: failed assertion `id[k].qx <= kCGFontSharedCacheKeyMaxQ'

I am getting this error (logged in the console) when an Application dies. The application that dies most is Final Cut 5.1.4

I can find VERY little information about this error but I have:
- Deleted all added fonts
- Reloaded my system fonts off the Tiger install DVD via Pacifist
- Used Onyx to delete font caches
- Ran Font Doctor against the system. It could find no issues.

Anyone have an idea before I reload?

Quad - 2.5 Ghz G5, Mac OS X (10.4), GeForce 7800 GT, 3G RAM, 250GB & 500GB internals

Posted on Jun 15, 2007 4:54 AM

34 replies

Daniel Slagle Author

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Jul 13, 2007 12:33 PM in response to Daniel Slagle

As the saga continues:

I was able to reproduce the problem at the Apple store. They used the red "bat phone" to call Cupertino and no one had heard of the problem there either. I was given 2 choices.

#1 - $1100 for a new "logic board" and "hope" that fixes the problem

#2 - Since my trusty G5 Quad is 8 months out of warranty they graciously offered me 10% off a new Power Mac. But... after I totaled everything adding in the RAM I need and having to pawn off the new video card and getting pennies on the dollar for the old broken G5 on eBay. Having to spend another $3800 for a system seemed ludicrous.

I decided to go with option #1

Daniel Slagle Author

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Jul 21, 2007 10:03 PM in response to Daniel Slagle

Just to close this thread.

The answer was replace the CPU's. We found this after replacing the video card, memory, logic board.

Jul 22, 2007 12:41 AM in response to Daniel Slagle

I'm glad you found it.
It's the first time I hear about a processor going bad.

Daniel Slagle Author

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Jul 22, 2007 4:50 AM in response to Lennart Thelander

Yes them too! You should have heard all the techs laugh their butts off when they Googled for "kCGFontSharedCacheKeyMaxQ"

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kCGFontSharedCacheKeyMaxQ ANYONE????