I am brand new to linux. Just purchased a System76 laptop that shipped to me with PopOS 20.04 installed. In checking out the new system, I can confirm this bug exists there too (makes sense, given the ubuntu base).
Launching the Fonts app from their launcher bring the app up, but that's as far as it goes. It becomes immediately unresponsive and the window cannot be closed. I am only able to exit by ending the process. Repeated a couple times with the same results. I googled the issue and found this thread. Going from the posts above, I launched the 'gnome-font-viewer' from the command line. In doing so, the app launched, and appears to be fully functional. Subsequent launches both from the command line, and the gui launcher now, are also functional. The first launch from the command line did generate the error message below however. Since I've never used linux, I don't know what it means, but maybe it'll help. Gtk-Message: 17:33:41: Failed to load module "appmenu-gtk-module" -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-font-viewer in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1845362 Title: gnome-font-viewer crashed with signal 5 in _XEventsQueued() Status in gnome-font-viewer package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Reproducible crash (tested on Ubuntu and Xubuntu) or freezing of application during ISO testing of a live-session. Application will crash if there is an attempt to close it or scroll through fonts. On one occasion my laptop was rendered unusable when Firefox was launched while trying to report the crash to Launchpad. After the bug report has been sent gnome-font-viewer will freeze when automatically restarted. No fonts are displayed. Work around ----------- gnome-font-viewer appears to start correctly when started from the command line of my Ubuntu 20.04 installation. Then subsequent attempts to start the program succeed when started from the dock or the Application Overview. I have found that this work around wasn't necessary when using Xubuntu 20.04. ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10 Package: gnome-font-viewer 3.34.0-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-10.11-generic 5.3.0-rc8 Uname: Linux 5.3.0-10-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 CasperVersion: 1.416 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Wed Sep 25 17:34:17 2019 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-font-viewer LiveMediaBuild: Xubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Beta amd64 (20190925) ProcCmdline: gnome-font-viewer ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=C.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash Signal: 5 SourcePackage: gnome-font-viewer StacktraceTop: ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6 ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6 _XEventsQueued () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6 XPending () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6 ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgdk-3.so.0 Title: gnome-font-viewer crashed with signal 5 in _XEventsQueued() UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo separator: To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-font-viewer/+bug/1845362/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
