retitle 472826 fails to start up with arphic ukai font
reassign 472826 openoffice.org-core
thanks
David Koo wrote:
> Package: openoffice.org-writer
> Version: 1:2.3.1-5
> Severity: grave
I disagree, sorry. But it doesn't really matter anyway, see below.
> Justification: renders package unusable
>
>
> I start up openoffice.org-writer (or openoffice.org-calc) from the
> command line. The splash screen comes up and, after the progress bar
> proceeds to about 50% it hangs. Then I edited
> /etc/openoffice/sofficerc and disabled the startup log (set Logo=0 in
> the sofficerc file)
>
> This time there was no logo but the application immediately quit
> (i.e. I type openoffice.org-writer (or calc) and I am returned to the
> bash prompt immediately.
>
> An strace shows a segmentation fault after opening an "arphic"
> font (output trimmed - full strace output can be provided if needed):
Well, I had ttf-arphic-uming installed and OOo started.
> 7773 open("/usr/share/fonts/truetype/arphic/ukai.ttf", O_RDONLY) = 24
... and I installed ttf-arphic-ukai and it still starts.
(in 1:2.4.0~rc6-1 of sid. 2.3.1 is not supported anymore and should be
replaced as soon as possible)
(You filed it against the dead-end 2.3.1-5 version, so I don't need to
mark it closed in sid since it automatically is marked as applying to
testing only)
> I don't know if its a defect in the openoffice application or the
> font but since a font does not exactly "execute" I've filed this
See above.
> report against the openoffice.org package.
And against a specific app, font handling is done in the core..
Regards,
Rene
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