Now I can't do an apt-get dist-upgrade because new packages that depend on fontconfig don't install due to apt not being able to finish setting it up.
For example: dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libpango-1.0-0:i386: libpango-1.0-0:i386 depends on fontconfig (>= 2.1.91); however: Package fontconfig is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing libpango-1.0-0:i386 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured ** Summary changed: - segmentation fault + fontconfig segmentation fault during package installation -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to fontconfig in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1259510 Title: fontconfig segmentation fault during package installation Status in “fontconfig” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: During update, while doing post-install processing, apt-get reports that the process died with a SIGSEGV, and /var/log/fontconfig.log has only one line: "Segmentation fault (core dumped)". I realize that this is not enough information, but I don't know what other information would be relevant (and/or how to obtain it), so I'd appreciate it if anyone could tell me what other information about my system or what other logs I need to add. A few days earlier, I had a problem where I couldn't log in, and it turned out to be a segfault in libfreetype.so. After I had copied several fonts from a Windows partition, fc-cache crashed and that seems to be what caused the segfaults in FreeType. I realized that the fonts I copied from the Windows partition had permissions 640, so they weren't readable when I ran fc-cache from my regular user account. After I chmod'ed them to 644 and ran fc-cache, the FreeType segfaults stopped and I was able to log back into X, but ever since then, whenever I try to update fontconfig, it segfaults in the post-install step and apt-get reports one package "not fully installed" (or something to that effect). I don't know if both problems are related. I just mentioned the fc- cache/libfreetype issue because it seemed odd to me that two font- related packages would start segfaulting within days of each other. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: fontconfig 2.11.0-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.12.0-5.13-generic 3.12.2 Uname: Linux 3.12.0-5-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.12.7-0ubuntu1 Architecture: i386 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Tue Dec 10 09:12:19 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-12-01 (9 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha i386 (20131130) SourcePackage: fontconfig UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fontconfig/+bug/1259510/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
