Devilz Advocat wrote: > I have been itching to start using scribus but it seems for some off reason > when I start the program it displays a "Starting Scribus" on the bottom > taskbar and after about 30 seconds simply quits without launching the > application. I have repeatedly tried to uninstall and re-install the > software via a number of methods, ranging from Synaptics to even a manual > install tried both Scribus and Scribus-ng both revelaing the same result.
What's it saying in the splash screen when it crashes. If it's loading fonts you could try running scribus with --font-info and seeing what's the last font listed there (if the crashing is font related). Then try removing that font and retry.
