[Bug 817290] Re: Fontforge crashes when control is pressed

Sat Jun 22 22:52:02 UTC 2013

/usr/bin/fontforge -version
Copyright (c) 2000-2011 by George Williams.
 Executable based on sources from 13:48 GMT 22-Feb-2011-ML.
 Library based on sources from 13:48 GMT 22-Feb-2011.
fontforge 20110222
libfontforge 20110222-ML

I'm on Precise.

1. Edit a character
2. Select all the the character (Ctrl + A)
3. Press any key
4. Crash

==> syslog <==
Jun 23 00:49:19 HAL kernel: [55901.299811] fontforge[10574]: segfault at 438b0018 ip b73d4fdc sp bfb84b98 error 4 in libfontforge.so.1.0.0[b7374000+33f000]

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Title:
  Fontforge crashes when control is pressed

Status in “fontforge” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  When editing a glyph ("à") FontForge crashes when I press the control
  key (can crash right after start or after the key is pressed a couple
  times for verious commands. Terminal reports a "Segmentation fault"
  with no further details. Happened under Unity and again under classic
  Gnome with no compositing. Happens consistently with a file edited
  with the previous Ubuntu version.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: fontforge 0.0.20100501-5ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-10.46-generic 2.6.38.7
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Wed Jul 27 22:17:59 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: fontforge
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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