Hi I have been rather annoyed with this bug for a while, because sketch/skencil is my favorite drawing program for more complex things. And it seems that I have found a work around short of recompiling, although it is certainly not for anyone faint of heart.
1. Remove skencil. 2. Install python2.4. 3. Download skencil_0.6.17-7_i386.deb from Ubuntu 6.10 and install it with dpkg. This shows a conflict in the python version. 4. Edit /var/lib/dpkg/status to delete the conflict: just remove the entry "python (<< 2.5), " in skencil. 5. Edit /usr/bin/skencil to start /usr/bin/python2.4 instead of /usr/bin/python. (skencil should now work!) 6. Use dselect to put a hold on skencil. (is there an easier way to do this?) Note that this does make changes to your packaging system. If you make a mistake, you may have to reinstall your system. When the workaround is no longer needed, the changes should go away once you remove the hold flag and upgrade. -- [apport] skencil.py crashed with SIGSEGV in free() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/81567 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
