[Gutsy] Firefox stopped working

[NoOp]

On 10/08/2007 09:05 PM, NoOp wrote:
> On 10/08/2007 07:33 PM, Chanchao wrote:
>> Firefox now crashes a couple seconds after opening up.
>> 
>> I did todays update which included an firefox update, but this didn't
>> solve the problem.
>> 
>> I tried safe-mode and disabled all plug-ins, but this didn't solve the
>> problem.
>> 
>> --------
>> 
>> me at necversa:~$ firefox -safe-mode
>> 
>> (gecko:8425): Pango-WARNING **: failed to create cairo scaled font,
>> expect ugly output. the offending font is 'Arial 9'
>> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
>> 
>> -------
>> 
>> Any thoughts, clues, chants or magical incantations I can employ here?
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Chanchao
>> 
>> 
> 
> Have look though some of these, seems to be a bug:
> 
> <http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Pango-WARNING+**%3A+failed+to+create+cairo+scaled+font%2C%22&btnG=Search>
> 
> 

And they appear to be font related:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/124424
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/124424/comments/21
plus others.

You can try removing & reinstalling the font.

$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall msttcorefonts

And then update your fonts cache:

$ sudo fc-cache -f -v