[Fwd: Re: [Scribus] Seg Fault at Execution Time]

[Peter Linnell]

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From: Peter Linnell <scribusdocs at atlantictechsolutions.com>
To: Marshall Lake <mlake at mlake.net>
Subject: Re: [Scribus] Seg Fault at Execution Time
Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2003 11:04:32 -0500

On Sat, 2003-11-01 at 10:11, Marshall Lake wrote:
> Using Scribus 1.1.2 I get a seg fault when I try to execute the software.
> The same thing happened with 1.1.1.  Version 1.0.1 executes fine.  Below
> are the last few lines of an strace output while executing 1.1.2.  Can
> someone tell me how I can correct my problem?  Thanks.
> 
> 
> access("/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives/bazaroni.ttf", F_OK) = 0
> lstat64("/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives/bazaroni.ttf",
> {st_mode=S_IFREG|0444, st_size=57184, ...}) = 0
> open("/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives/bazaroni.ttf", O_RDONLY) = 8
> fcntl64(8, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)         = 0
> fstat64(8, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0444, st_size=57184, ...}) = 0
> mmap2(NULL, 57184, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 8, 0) = 0x411d2000
> close(8)                                = 0
> munmap(0x411d2000, 57184)               = 0
> access("/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives/beast_wars.ttf", F_OK) = 0
> lstat64("/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives/beast_wars.ttf",
> {st_mode=S_IFREG|0444, st_size=63988, ...}) = 0
> open("/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives/beast_wars.ttf", O_RDONLY) = 8
> fcntl64(8, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)         = 0
> fstat64(8, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0444, st_size=63988, ...}) = 0
> mmap2(NULL, 63988, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 8, 0) = 0x411d2000
> close(8)                                = 0
> --- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) ---
> +++ killed by SIGSEGV +++
> 

Suspect corrupted font. 

<lecture mode>

I have looked over some of the optional fonts which are included by
Mandrake and other distros. Candidly, often they are not the highest
quality fonts. The decoratives are more for web and bitmap "paint"
graphics apps. Many of these decorative fonts display OK on screen, but
do not work well in postscript.

Why? 

Broken encodings
Incomlpete and incorrect glyph names
Poor or no QA.
Etc.

I do not use these type of fonts ever with Scribus or any other DTP app.
Call me a font snob, but I never see these type of problems.

</lecture mode>

Try disabling this entire directory in your font paths and restart
Scribus.

Hope that helps,
Peter