Re: Need DTP to replace PageMaker

["Dennis G. Wicks" <wix@eskimo.com>]

Kevin Mark wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 09:25:09AM -0500, Dennis G. Wicks wrote:
>   
> > Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> >     
> > > On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 08:00:06AM -0500, Dennis G. Wicks wrote:
> > >  
> > >       
> > > > Greetings;
> > > >
> > > > I need a DTP program to functionally replace PageMaker.
> > > >
> > > > I installed Scribus but it doesn't work on my system. I reported
> > > > the bug but after a few hours of activity I haven't heard anything
> > > >         
> > > >from them for several days.
> > >       
> > > >    
> > > >         
> > > Are you using the old scribus package or the new scribus package
> > > (scribus-ng, IIRC)?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > -Roberto
> > >
> > >  
> > >       
> > Makes no difference. Both versions get a floating point exception
> > at startup.
> >     
> If you could provide the session showing the error message, we could
> help more. I use 'script' to do this sometimes. Describing or
> paraphrasing an error message is less helpful then actually seeing the
> exact output.
> -K
>   
No big mystery there. "Session" follows

wix@dgwicks:~$ uname -a
Linux dgwicks 2.6.18-4-686 #1 SMP Mon Mar 26 17:17:36 UTC 2007 i686 
GNU/Linux
wix@dgwicks:~$ scribus-ng --help
Floating point exception
wix@dgwicks:~$

TIA!