Need DTP to replace PageMaker

On Friday 13 April 2007 17:26, Dennis G. Wicks wrote:
> David Goodenough wrote:
> > On Friday 13 April 2007 15:25, Dennis G. Wicks wrote:
> >> Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> >>> On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 08:00:06AM -0500, Dennis G. Wicks wrote:
> >>>> Greetings;
> >>>>
> >>>> I need a DTP program to functionally replace PageMaker.
> >>>>
> >>>> I installed Scribus but it doesn't work on my system. I reported
> >>>> the bug but after a few hours of activity I haven't heard anything
> >>>> from them for several days.
> >>>
> >>> Are you using the old scribus package or the new scribus package
> >>> (scribus-ng, IIRC)?
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>>
> >>> -Roberto
> >>
> >> Makes no difference. Both versions get a floating point exception
> >> at startup.
> >
> > what platform are you running on (hw and sw). I have been running
> > first scribus and recently scribus-ng for several years and I have
> > never seen the kind of error you describe. Also which debian dist
> > are you running?
> >
> > David
>
> I am running a P4 2+ GHz on an Intel mobo. Recently installed Sarge then
> upgraded to etch just before it went stable. did an upgrade just after
> that to make sure that everything was up to date. I don't think I have
> anything installed that didn't come from debian.org via either aptitude
> or apt-get.
>
> Thanks.
if you do an:-

ldd /usr/bin/scribus-ng

are any of the libraries unresolved or pointing at local copies rather than
distributed copies?

David

On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 11:30:27AM -0500, Dennis G. Wicks wrote:
> Kevin Mark wrote:
> >On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 09:25:09AM -0500, Dennis G. Wicks wrote:
> >
> >>Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> >>
> >>>On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 08:00:06AM -0500, Dennis G. Wicks wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Greetings;
> >>>>
> >>>>I need a DTP program to functionally replace PageMaker.
> >>>>
> >>>>I installed Scribus but it doesn't work on my system. I reported
> >>>>the bug but after a few hours of activity I haven't heard anything
> >>>>
> >>>>from them for several days.
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>Are you using the old scribus package or the new scribus package
> >>>(scribus-ng, IIRC)?
> >>>
> >>>Regards,
> >>>
> >>>-Roberto
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>Makes no difference. Both versions get a floating point exception
> >>at startup.
> >>
> >If you could provide the session showing the error message, we could
> >help more. I use 'script' to do this sometimes. Describing or
> >paraphrasing an error message is less helpful then actually seeing the
> >exact output.
> >-K
> >
> No big mystery there. "Session" follows
>
> wix@dgwicks:~$ uname -a
> Linux dgwicks 2.6.18-4-686 #1 SMP Mon Mar 26 17:17:36 UTC 2007 i686
> GNU/Linux
> wix@dgwicks:~$ scribus-ng --help
> Floating point exception
> wix@dgwicks:~$
I just googled 'scribus floating point exception' and found your bug
report in the scribus bts. My guess is that they know a bit more than us
about how to fix this issue. We will only ask the same question from you
(backtrace, ldd, etc.). It maybe a corupt dependency, so reinstalling
all those may fix it. That worked for me once.
'apt-cache depends scribus|grep Depends' will show this.

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On Fri, 2007-04-13 at 11:30 -0500, Dennis G. Wicks wrote:
> Kevin Mark wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 09:25:09AM -0500, Dennis G. Wicks wrote:
> >> Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> >>> On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 08:00:06AM -0500, Dennis G. Wicks wrote:
> >>>> Greetings;
> >>>> I need a DTP program to functionally replace PageMaker.
> >>>>
> >>>> I installed Scribus but it doesn't work on my system. I reported
> >>>> the bug but after a few hours of activity I haven't heard anything
> >>>>
> >>> >from them for several days.
> >>> Are you using the old scribus package or the new scribus package
> >>> (scribus-ng, IIRC)?
> >>>
> >> Makes no difference. Both versions get a floating point exception
> >> at startup.
> >>
> > If you could provide the session showing the error message, we could
> > help more. I use 'script' to do this sometimes. Describing or
> > paraphrasing an error message is less helpful then actually seeing the
> > exact output.
> No big mystery there. "Session" follows
>
> wix@dgwicks:~$ uname -a
> Linux dgwicks 2.6.18-4-686 #1 SMP Mon Mar 26 17:17:36 UTC 2007 i686
> GNU/Linux
> wix@dgwicks:~$ scribus-ng --help
> Floating point exception
> wix@dgwicks:~$

Are you using Etch/Stable or Lenny/Testing or Sid?

Please try this, additionally:

strace scibus-ng

Please paste the output and send it here.
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Dennis G. Wicks wrote:
>>
> No big mystery there. "Session" follows
>
> wix@dgwicks:~$ uname -a
> Linux dgwicks 2.6.18-4-686 #1 SMP Mon Mar 26 17:17:36 UTC 2007 i686
> GNU/Linux
> wix@dgwicks:~$ scribus-ng --help
> Floating point exception
> wix@dgwicks:~$

That's strange. On my Debian etch, scribus-ng works and I get

jw@johannes2:~$ uname -a
Linux johannes2 2.6.18-4-686 #1 SMP Mon Mar 26 17:17:36 UTC 2007 i686
GNU/Linux
jw@johannes2:~$ scribus-ng --help

Scribus, Open Source Desktop Publishing
---------------------------------------
Homepage: http://www.scribus.net
Documentation: http://docs.scribus.net
Wiki: http://wiki.scribus.net
Issues: http://bugs.scribus.net

Usage: scribus [option ... ] [file]
Options:
-h, --help Print help (this message) and exit
-l, --lang Uses xx as shortcut for a language, eg `en' or
`de'
-la, --langs-available List the currently installed interface languages
-fi, --font-info Show information on the console when fonts are
being loaded
-ns, --no-splash Do not show the splashscreen on startup
-v, --version Output version information and exit
-sb, --swap-buttons Use right to left dialog button ordering (eg.
Cancel/No/Yes instead of Yes/No/Cancel)
-pr, --prefs filename Use filename as path for user given preferences

jw@johannes2:~$ which scribus-ng
/usr/bin/scribus-ng
jw@johannes2:~$ dpkg -l scribus-ng
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:
uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-=================-=================-==================================================
ii scribus-ng 1.3.3.6.dfsg-1 Open Source Desktop Page Layout
- developmental br

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Ron Johnson wrote:
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> On 04/13/07 14:27, Adam Frank wrote:
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>> Here's an interesting read about Scribus on Debian:
>> http://www.scribus.net/index.php?name=Sections&req=viewarticle&artid=4&page=1
>>
>
> That page is out-of-date, at least as far as Sid is concerned.
>
>
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Well, I installed everything using the instructions on that page and
several things were upgraded to a higher version. No difference! Same
error, same time, same place.

Thanks for all the help.
Dennis

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