> Something has changed, other than the packages in April, there was
> a late
> March update of fontsproto:
>
> [2012-03-25 02:04] upgraded fontsproto (2.1.1-2 -> 2.1.2-1)
>
> I don't know what this package does, but most all of the crashes are
> related to
> rendering (fonts I guess). If this package made a basic change in font
> rendering
> (size/shape/spacing/etc..) could this cause the crashes we are seeing?
>
> --
> David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

Very possibly YES.  Can you see what the difference is between the two
package versions?

Tim