Thanks for your report. This is reproducible in Oneiric by opening any ttf file.
** Changed in: fontforge (Ubuntu) Importance: Medium => High ** Changed in: fontforge (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Visibility changed to: Public ** Description changed: I simply clicked on one of the free fonts downloaded from Google (Cabin). Fontforge consistently crashes with any TTF font. + + TEST CASE: + 1. Launch fontforge + 2. Open a TTF file + + Result: + fontforge segfaults ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: fontforge 0.0.20110222-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0-3.4-generic 3.0.0-rc5 Uname: Linux 3.0-3-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl Architecture: amd64 CrashCounter: 1 Date: Mon Jul 4 22:13:11 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/fontforge InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) ProcCmdline: fontforge /home/username/Download/tempo/Cabin/Cabin-Bold.ttf ProcEnviron: - LANGUAGE=pt_BR:en - PATH=(custom, user) - LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8 - SHELL=/bin/bash + LANGUAGE=pt_BR:en + PATH=(custom, user) + LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8 + SHELL=/bin/bash SegvAnalysis: - Segfault happened at: 0x7f9fc30d0d0f <GImageRead_Png+1407>: movzbl (%rax),%eax - PC (0x7f9fc30d0d0f) ok - source "(%rax)" (0x00000000) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)! - destination "%eax" ok + Segfault happened at: 0x7f9fc30d0d0f <GImageRead_Png+1407>: movzbl (%rax),%eax + PC (0x7f9fc30d0d0f) ok + source "(%rax)" (0x00000000) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)! + destination "%eax" ok SegvReason: reading NULL VMA Signal: 11 SourcePackage: fontforge StacktraceTop: - GImageRead_Png () from /usr/lib/libgutils.so.1 - GImageReadPng () from /usr/lib/libgutils.so.1 - ?? () from /usr/lib/libgdraw.so.4 - ?? () from /usr/lib/libgdraw.so.4 - GMenuItem2ArrayCopy () from /usr/lib/libgdraw.so.4 + GImageRead_Png () from /usr/lib/libgutils.so.1 + GImageReadPng () from /usr/lib/libgutils.so.1 + ?? () from /usr/lib/libgdraw.so.4 + ?? () from /usr/lib/libgdraw.so.4 + GMenuItem2ArrayCopy () from /usr/lib/libgdraw.so.4 Title: fontforge crashed with SIGSEGV in GImageRead_Png() UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-07-02 (2 days ago) UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/805752 Title: fontforge crashed with SIGSEGV in GImageRead_Png() To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fontforge/+bug/805752/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs