Bug 3540 - Fontforge crashes in KDE4.6.5
Summary: Fontforge crashes in KDE4.6.5
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: 1
Hardware: i586 Linux
Priority: Normal normal
Target Milestone: Mageia 2
Assignee: Mageia Bug Squad
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Keywords: UPSTREAM
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Reported: 2011-11-30 10:57 CET by Robert Ottlovich
Modified: 2012-12-02 14:36 CET (History)
2 users (show)

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Source RPM: fontforge
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fontforge terminal output (1.68 KB, text/plain)
2011-11-30 10:57 CET, Robert Ottlovich
Details

Description Robert Ottlovich 2011-11-30 10:57:40 CET
Created attachment 1154 [details]
fontforge terminal output

Fontforge crashes in KDE4.6.5 with or without opening document as in enclosed massage.
Fontforge runs perfect in GNOME 2.32.1.
What's the problem?
Robert Ottlovich 2011-11-30 10:58:21 CET

Target Milestone: --- => Mageia 2

Manuel Hiebel 2011-11-30 12:15:05 CET

CC: sysadmin-bugs => (none)
Component: Release (media or process) => RPM Packages
Source RPM: (none) => fontforge

Comment 1 Manuel Hiebel 2011-11-30 12:18:04 CET
what is the output of ls -l /home/user/Munkaasztal/some* ?

"existed in the font list, but when I asked for it there was nothing."
something is wrong with your font maybe
Comment 2 Robert Ottlovich 2011-12-01 22:31:30 CET
GNOME did not have any error as the fonts are concerned. Even only on starting Fontforge the same error occures before quitting. I'm regenerating font caches (mkfontscale, mkfontdir, fc-cache -r -v) and I'll change to KDE to look at the developments. These fonts (as report says) are located in system's partition.
Comment 3 Robert Ottlovich 2011-12-01 23:24:01 CET
I figured out the problem. As I think. Two parts.
The first problem is in setting of Fontforge. It refers to a font exists in the user directory. All programs (even the Fontforge too) can see it, but somehow forgets in KDE enviromment.

The other part of the problem that the user font cache files are created for the system fonts also contain references, but the fontscale.dir files (located in the system partition) are empty, so (for KDE) can not identify them.

I do not understand why the problem occurs in KDE and GNOME why not, as I know Fontforge is an X-specific program. No bussiness with QT or GTK+. Or yes?

I think the problem is in Fontforge itself, which in this context does not like the KDE environment. I read several pages, for example Ubuntu and Debian bug reports.

As for me to close the thread.
Comment 4 Manuel Hiebel 2011-12-01 23:58:22 CET
Ok thanks, usually, we keep the upstream bug open.

So feel free to add the a link here.

Keywords: (none) => UPSTREAM

Comment 5 Marja Van Waes 2012-01-25 19:08:11 CET
cc'ing maintainer

@ Anssi

Do you read a fontforge mailinglist? I don't manage to find the upstream bug report.

CC: (none) => anssi.hannula, marja11

Comment 6 Marja Van Waes 2012-05-02 09:28:17 CEST
Does anyone have a link to an upstream bug report or mailing list thread?

Is this bug valid in current cauldron (with cauldron KDE version), too?
Comment 7 Manuel Hiebel 2012-11-05 16:54:01 CET
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In approximately 25 days from now, Mageia will stop maintaining and issuing 
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Comment 8 Manuel Hiebel 2012-12-02 14:36:26 CET
Mageia 1 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on ''1st December''. Mageia 1 is no 
longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further security or 
bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug. 

If you can reproduce this bug against a currently maintained version of Mageia 
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Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => WONTFIX


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