Here is the fix (from Brian Smith, xfig developer): 

 
X11 vendors are using the newer version of the 3D Xaw widget set, 1.5e, which
is not compatible with the original 3D Xaw widget set.
What you need to do is edit the xfig Imakefile and uncomment this line:

XCOMM #define XAW3D1_5E

by removing the "XCOMM".
Then do "xmkmf" and "make clean" then "make install".




On 8/26/07, Sebastian Sandersius <sebastian.sandersius@asu.edu> wrote:
It seems that xfig crashes with macports now.  I don't know if its the new beta version (3.2.5-alpha5) or if its something with macports, because it worked fine with darwin.  Basically what happens is that if you to click on the 'File','Edit','View','Snap', or 'Help' tabs it pulls down a blank list and then crashes with this message in the portal:

 
color = '#ffcccc'

 
xfig3.2.5: SIGBUS signal trapped
xfig: figure empty or not modified - exiting
Abort trap

 
  - Sebastian