[scribus] Scribus Crashes On Ubuntu Lucid

[Owen]

On Wed, 8 Sep 2010 16:03:36 -0400 (EDT)
Ed Rippy <ed.rippy at mindspring.com> wrote:

> Scribus ver. 1.3.3.13svn (28 December '08), Build ID: C-C-T-F-A,
> Ghostscript ver 8.71
> 
> -- Scribus crashes politely w/ a "Signal 11" dialog box when
> selecting text sometimes -- printing to Epson NX-105 (from preview
> window) produces all black page!
> 
> *NO* proprietary drivers are activated on my machine. Overall the
> system runs like a dream, runs memtest86 overnite OK. Demanding apps
> incl Chocolate-DOOM, GIMP, Stellarium, Eclipse IDE w/ Java & C(++)
> toolchains, run fine. OpenOffice Writer produces the doc I was using
> as my first Scribus project, so I'm confident that my system is
> stable. I'm a Scribus newbie & I haven't yet found this one in any
> discussions that Google found. I haven't found any consistency in
> *when* Scribus crashes except newly selected text. Any ideas?





Hi, 

1.3.3.13 is a bit old, maybe it was fixed in 1.3.3.1`4?

Maybe you would like to upgrade to the latest? 

Start here;

http://www.scribus.net/?q=debian

It is recommended you go for the pre 1.4 release, follow the
instruction for Lucid

If it then still crashes, come  back to the list.



Owen