this has been reportedly long fixed in 21.04, and 20.10 went EOL in the meantime (and nowadays 21.04 too). so I'm closing this bug.
** Changed in: scribus (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1901345 Title: Scribus 1.5.6 unstable (?) freezes immediately at startup To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/scribus/+bug/1901345/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs