[Scribus] Unable to start Scribus on Ubuntu Drapper

[Branko Vukelic]

On Tuesday 12. December 2006. 21:22, Devilz Advocat wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have been itching to start using scribus but it seems for some off reason
> when I start the program it displays a "Starting Scribus" on the bottom
> taskbar and after about 30 seconds simply quits without launching the
> application.  I have repeatedly tried to uninstall and re-install the
> software via a number of methods, ranging from Synaptics to even a manual
> install tried both Scribus and Scribus-ng both revelaing the same result.

Try starting it from console, and see if it splits any error messages.

> I am using Ubuntu 6.06 Drapper, and have searched all over the place for a
> solution to no avail
>
> Thank you for all the help