I had this same error
gitk crashes
heather@hypothetical-lemon:~/work/maas-ui$ gitk
X Error of failed request: BadLength (poly request too large or internal Xlib length error)
Major opcode of failed request: 139 (RENDER)
Minor opcode of failed request: 20 (RenderAddGlyphs)
Serial number of failed request: 3048
Current serial number in output stream: 3118
sudo apt-get install fonts-symbola
gitk works again
I had this same error hypothetical- lemon:~ /work/maas- ui$ gitk
gitk crashes
heather@
X Error of failed request: BadLength (poly request too large or internal Xlib length error)
Major opcode of failed request: 139 (RENDER)
Minor opcode of failed request: 20 (RenderAddGlyphs)
Serial number of failed request: 3048
Current serial number in output stream: 3118
sudo apt-get install fonts-symbola
gitk works again