Package: synaptic Version: 0.75.2 Severity: important Tags: l10n Synaptic allways dies when applying packagechanges.
Steps to reproduce: 1. Start synaptic 2. Mark one or more packages for installtion and/or removal. 3. Apply the changes. Result: Synaptic just dies, if started from the console the following output is displayed: nms@debian:~$ gksu synaptic (synaptic:3601): Pango-WARNING **: Invalid UTF-8 string passed to pango_layout_set_text() (synaptic:3601): Pango-WARNING **: Invalid UTF-8 string passed to pango_layout_set_text() (synaptic:3601): Pango-WARNING **: Invalid UTF-8 string passed to pango_layout_set_text() (synaptic:3601): Pango-WARNING **: Invalid UTF-8 string passed to pango_layout_set_text() (synaptic:3601): Pango-WARNING **: Invalid UTF-8 string passed to pango_layout_set_text() Segmentation fault nms@debian:~$ Using kdesudo instead gives the same result (synaptic dies), but the "Segamentation fault" line is not printed: nms@debian:~$ kdesudo synaptic (synaptic:3381): Pango-WARNING **: Invalid UTF-8 string passed to pango_layout_set_text() (synaptic:3381): Pango-WARNING **: Invalid UTF-8 string passed to pango_layout_set_text() (synaptic:3381): Pango-WARNING **: Invalid UTF-8 string passed to pango_layout_set_text() (synaptic:3381): Pango-WARNING **: Invalid UTF-8 string passed to pango_layout_set_text() nms@debian:~$ Installing the same packages using "sudo apt-get install" works. -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=nb_NO.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=nb_NO.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages synaptic depends on: ii apt [libapt-pkg4.10] 0.8.15.4 Advanced front-end for dpkg ii apt-utils [libapt-inst1 0.8.15.4 APT utility programs ii hicolor-icon-theme 0.12-1 default fallback theme for FreeDes ii libatk1.0-0 2.0.1-2 ATK accessibility toolkit ii libc6 2.13-11 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libcairo2 1.10.2-6 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra ii libept1 1.0.5 High-level library for managing De ii libfontconfig1 2.8.0-3 generic font configuration library ii libfreetype6 2.4.4-2 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii libgcc1 1:4.6.1-5 GCC support library ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.23.5-2 GDK Pixbuf library ii libglib2.0-0 2.28.6-1 The GLib library of C routines ii libgtk2.0-0 2.24.5-3 GTK+ graphical user interface libr ii libpango1.0-0 1.28.4-1 Layout and rendering of internatio ii libstdc++6 4.6.1-5 GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii libvte9 1:0.28.1-2 Terminal emulator widget for GTK+ ii libx11-6 2:1.4.3-2 X11 client-side library ii libxapian22 1.2.5-1 Search engine library ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime Versions of packages synaptic recommends: ii apt-xapian-index 0.44 maintenance and search tools for a ii gksu 2.0.2-5 graphical frontend to su ii kdebase-bin 4:4.6.5-1 core binaries for the KDE base app ii libgtk2-perl 2:1.223-1+b1 Perl interface to the 2.x series o ii rarian-compat 0.8.1-5 Documentation meta-data library (c ii software-properties-g 0.76.7debian2+nmu1 manage the repositories that you i Versions of packages synaptic suggests: pn deborphan <none> (no description available) pn dwww <none> (no description available) ii menu 2.1.45 generates programs menu for all me -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

