On Wed, 8 Sep 2010 16:03:36 -0400 (EDT) Ed Rippy <ed.rippy at mindspring.com> wrote:
> Scribus ver. 1.3.3.13svn (28 December '08), Build ID: C-C-T-F-A, > Ghostscript ver 8.71 > > -- Scribus crashes politely w/ a "Signal 11" dialog box when > selecting text sometimes -- printing to Epson NX-105 (from preview > window) produces all black page! > > *NO* proprietary drivers are activated on my machine. Overall the > system runs like a dream, runs memtest86 overnite OK. Demanding apps > incl Chocolate-DOOM, GIMP, Stellarium, Eclipse IDE w/ Java & C(++) > toolchains, run fine. OpenOffice Writer produces the doc I was using > as my first Scribus project, so I'm confident that my system is > stable. I'm a Scribus newbie & I haven't yet found this one in any > discussions that Google found. I haven't found any consistency in > *when* Scribus crashes except newly selected text. Any ideas? Hi, 1.3.3.13 is a bit old, maybe it was fixed in 1.3.3.1`4? Maybe you would like to upgrade to the latest? Start here; http://www.scribus.net/?q=debian It is recommended you go for the pre 1.4 release, follow the instruction for Lucid If it then still crashes, come back to the list. Owen
