[Bug 872070] [NEW] fontforge segmentation fault when loading a font or creating a new one

[Matthew Young]

Public bug reported:

When I start FontForge, the window saying FontForge appears along with a
window where I can choose the font to load or to create a new one.

I can choose either option and FontForge will crash.
Here is the log from after I ran fontforge in the terminal:

Copyright (c) 2000-2011 by George Williams.
 Executable based on sources from 13:48 GMT 22-Feb-2011-ML.
 Library based on sources from 13:48 GMT 22-Feb-2011.
Segmentation fault

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: fontforge 0.0.20110222-1build1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Oct 10 20:13:21 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20111007.1)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: fontforge
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: fontforge (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 oneiric running-unity

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Title:
  fontforge segmentation fault when loading a font or creating a new one

Status in “fontforge” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When I start FontForge, the window saying FontForge appears along with
  a window where I can choose the font to load or to create a new one.

  I can choose either option and FontForge will crash.
  Here is the log from after I ran fontforge in the terminal:

  Copyright (c) 2000-2011 by George Williams.
   Executable based on sources from 13:48 GMT 22-Feb-2011-ML.
   Library based on sources from 13:48 GMT 22-Feb-2011.
  Segmentation fault

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: fontforge 0.0.20110222-1build1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Mon Oct 10 20:13:21 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20111007.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: fontforge
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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