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Re: after system update, gnome-calculator freezes



* On 2025 21 Feb 14:18 -0600, Jochen Spieker wrote:
> w f:
> >
> > Yesterday I ran a system update. Nothing major; just bits.
> 
> What "bits"? /var/log/apt contains more information.

Most likely the libgnutls security updates.

> > Suddenly, gnome-calculator no longer works. When launched, it freezes.
> > After a few seconds, I get a "'Calculator' is not responding." popup
> > "Force Quit" or "Wait."
> >
> > When I launch it from the command line, I get this:
> > 
> > ** (gnome-calculator:15021): WARNING **: 12:43:28.356: currency-provider.vala:386: Cannot use ECB rates as don't have EUR rate
> > 
> > ** (gnome-calculator:15021): WARNING **: 12:43:30.040: currency-provider.vala:161: Couldn't download IMF currency rate file: HTTP/2 Error: INTERNAL_ERROR

I saw this line as well when starting gnome-calculator from a terminal
and followed up to the bug report Jochen linked below.  My guess is that
the replacement libgnutls libraries broke this download and
gnome-calculator depends on that file being downloaded.

> That is probably the same problem as described here (including a
> solution):
> 
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1059773

A work-around at any rate (pardon the pun).

- Nate

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