Re: cant run abiword 0.5.0 due to font prob

Eric W. Sink (eric@abisource.com)
Sun, 7 Mar 1999 17:28:20 -0600


This one is a known bug. I fixed it while I was out at LinuxWorld, but I
have not yet checked it into CVS. I will do so tomorrow morning.

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>Ok, here is what I got: >**** (1) Assert **** >**** (1) pMinDist at fp_Page.cpp:354 **** >**** (1) Continue ? (y/n) [y] : >I say y and it dumps core with a seg fault. > >It was harder to produce this time. I tried it without the gtk+ themes and it >didn't seem to work. Then I switched in the one called OldWood and after >flailing about a bit, I was able to make it choke. I'm not absolutely >convinced that this may be related to themes but that might be something you >want to look at. >Do you want the core file? If so, let me know and I will shoot it off to you >;-). >BTW, not a big deal but is there a way to turn off the auto spell checking >yet? I'm not particularly fond of being corrected as I write. It also seems >to bog my machine down a bit. > >Robert G. Werner >rwerner@lx1.microbsys.com >Impeach Conggress!! > >Davis's Dictum: > Problems that go away by themselves, come back by themselves. > >On Sun, 7 Mar 1999, Jeff Hostetler wrote: > >> do you get an assert before the segfault. having the >> text of the assert and/or a stack trace would be helpful. >> >> jeff >> >> Robert G. Werner wrote: >> > >> > I also get a seg fault in Abiword just after I start when I move from >>the menu >> > bar into the text area. I've been playing with gtk+ themse so I will >>make sure >> > it isn't related to that. >> > I'll dl the latest CVS and see if that helped. If not, then I will >>try to be >> > more specific. >> > >> > Robert G. Werner >> > rwerner@lx1.microbsys.com >> > Impeach Conggress!! >> > >> > E = MC ** 2 +- 3db >> > >> > On Sat, 6 Mar 1999, Martin Willemoes Hansen wrote: >> > >> > > Hi! >> > > >> > > I never got the final solution to my prob, with the failing of abiword >> > > to run on my system. >> > > >> > > I have the abi fonts installed and my server can find it well. >> > > >> > > Abiword starts up and I can see the screen widgets but then it crashes >> > > .. >> > > >> > > hope some ppl can help .. im not on the mailing list so please reply to: >> > > >> > > martin_w_hansen@my-dejanews.com >> > > >> > > -- >> > > Best regards >> > > >> > > Martin Willemoes Hansen >> > > >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > > / / (_)__ __ ____ __ | E-Mail mwh@stampede.org >> > > / /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / | IRC MWH or DR_NICK >> > > /____/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ | ICQ 11597690 >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > > >> > > >>

Eric W. Sink, Software Craftsman eric@abisource.com



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