Evolution freezes when you try to change the font colour

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Link to (fixed) upstream bug (the other one has been marked as a duplicate)

Fixed in Quantal; I uploaded a new gtkhtml with a patch from upstream. It still need to be applied the same patch as SRU for Precise.

" It still need to be applied the same patch as SRU for Precise."

When it will be fixed for precise?

Soon ;)

Uploaded to precise-proposed, waiting in the queue for review by the SRU team.

Hello Kim, or anyone else affected,

Accepted gtkhtml4.0 into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtkhtml4.0/4.2.2-1ubuntu1.2 in a few hours and then in the -proposed repository. Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you please change the bug tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not, change the tag to verification-failed. In either case details of your testing will help us make a better decision. Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

Hi Brian,

Will try this today. Thank you!

On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 1:04 AM, Brian Murray <email address hidden> wrote:

> Hello Kim, or anyone else affected,
>
> Accepted gtkhtml4.0 into precise-proposed. The package will build now
> and be available at
> http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtkhtml4.0/4.2.2-1ubuntu1.2 in a few
> hours and then in the -proposed repository. Please help us by testing
> this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed
> for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will
> aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.
>
> If this package fixes the bug for you please change the bug tag from
> verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not, change the
> tag to verification-failed. In either case details of your testing will
> help us make a better decision. Further information regarding the
> verification process can be found at
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in
> advance!
>
> ** Changed in: gtkhtml4.0 (Ubuntu Precise)
> Status: In Progress => Fix Committed
>
> ** Tags added: verification-needed
>
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Best regards,

Kim

Hi Brian,

I've installed the package and now evolution doesn't crash anymore. Unfortunately I couldn't install only your packages because it wanted to remove evolution so I had to upgrade more packages of proposed.

verification-done

I can confirm that the fix works.

I just now installed evolution and is experiencing the same issue. All the software in my Ubuntun 12.04 is up-to-date and evolution is installed just now.

This bug was fixed in the package gtkhtml4.0 - 4.2.2-1ubuntu1.2

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gtkhtml4.0 (4.2.2-1ubuntu1.2) precise-proposed; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/fix-keybord-mouse-grab.patch: unbreak keyboard and mouse
    grab after using the font color or emoticon buttons when composing messages
    in HTML mode. (LP: #1003884, #1010692)
 -- Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre <email address hidden> Tue, 26 Jun 2012 18:22:48 -0400

My system does have gtkhtml4.0-4.2.2-1ubuntu1.2 and does work when change font color but as soon as you change:
Font size
Paragraph style

The KEYBOARD STOP RESPONDING on Evolution until you close the message, after that keyboard start working again.

Is there a way to fix this, it is very annoying on such a great program.