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assertion failure on start-up: gdk_screen_get_font_options

Bug #65926 reported by Laurent Bonnaud
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openoffice.org (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Hi,

here is the problem:

$ ooffice

(process:7014): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_screen_get_font_options: assertion `GDK_IS_SCREEN (screen)' failed

This is in edgy, with the following package versions:

Package: openoffice.org-core
Version: 2.0.4~rc3-0ubuntu4

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers edgy-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'edgy-updates'), (500, 'edgy-security'), (500, 'edgy-proposed'), (500, 'edgy-backports'), (500, 'edgy')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-10-generic
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages openoffice.org-core depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2. 1.5.2ubuntu2 Debian configuration management sy
ii fontconfig 2.3.2-7ubuntu2 generic font configuration library
ii libaudio2 1.8-2 The Network Audio System (NAS). (s
ii libc6 2.4-1ubuntu12 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libcairo2 1.2.4-1ubuntu2 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libcurl3 7.15.4-1ubuntu2 Multi-protocol file transfer libra
ii libdb4.4 4.4.20-6ubuntu1 Berkeley v4.4 Database Libraries [
ii libexpat1 1.95.8-3.2 XML parsing C library - runtime li
ii libfontconfig1 2.3.2-7ubuntu2 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.2.1-5 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgcc1 1:4.1.1-13ubuntu5 GCC support library
ii libglib2.0-0 2.12.4-0ubuntu1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgstreamer-plugin 0.10.10-1ubuntu1 GStreamer libraries from the "base
ii libgstreamer0.10-0 0.10.10-1ubuntu2 Core GStreamer libraries and eleme
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.10.6-0ubuntu1 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libice6 2:1.0.1-1ubuntu1 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libicu34 3.4.1a-1ubuntu1 International Components for Unico
ii libjpeg62 6b-13 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG
ii libldap2 2.1.30-13build1 OpenLDAP libraries
ii libneon25 0.25.5.dfsg-5 An HTTP and WebDAV client library
ii libpam0g 0.79-3.1ubuntu1 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii libpango1.0-0 1.14.5-0ubuntu1 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libportaudio0 18.1-4 Portable audio I/O - shared librar
ii libsm6 2:1.0.1-1ubuntu1 X11 Session Management library
ii libsndfile1 1.0.16-1 Library for reading/writing audio
ii libstartup-notifica 0.8-1ubuntu1 library for program launch feedbac
ii libstdc++6 4.1.1-13ubuntu5 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libstlport4.6c2 4.6.2-3build1 STLport C++ class library
ii libx11-6 2:1.0.3-0ubuntu3 X11 client-side library
ii libxau6 1:1.0.1-1 X11 authorisation library
ii libxaw7 2:1.0.2-0ubuntu1 X11 Athena Widget library
ii libxcursor1 1.1.7-0ubuntu1 X cursor management library
ii libxext6 2:1.0.1-1ubuntu1 X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii libxfixes3 1:4.0.1-0ubuntu1 X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii libxi6 2:1.0.1-0ubuntu1 X11 Input extension library
ii libxinerama1 2:1.0.1-4build1 X11 Xinerama extension library
ii libxml2 2.6.26.dfsg-2ubuntu3 GNOME XML library
ii libxmlsec1 1.2.9-3ubuntu2 XML security library
ii libxmlsec1-nss 1.2.9-3ubuntu2 Nss engine for the XML security li
ii libxmlsec1-openssl 1.2.9-3ubuntu2 Openssl engine for the XML securit
ii libxrandr2 2:1.1.1-0ubuntu1 X11 RandR extension library
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.1-0ubuntu1 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii libxslt1.1 1.1.17-2build1 XSLT processing library - runtime
ii libxt6 1:1.0.2-1ubuntu1 X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii openoffice.org-comm 2.0.4~rc3-0ubuntu4 OpenOffice.org office suite archit
ii ttf-opensymbol 2.0.4~rc3-0ubuntu4 The OpenSymbol TrueType font
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-13ubuntu2 compression library - runtime

openoffice.org-core recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information

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Matthias Klose (doko) wrote :

please recheck with the final version in edgy; what you see is just a warning, does OOo start?

Changed in openoffice.org:
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
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Laurent Bonnaud (laurent-bonnaud) wrote :

> please recheck with the final version in edgy;

The assertion failure is still there:

$ ooffice

(process:25781): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_screen_get_font_options: assertion
`GDK_IS_SCREEN (screen)' failed

> what you see is just a warning, does OOo start?

OOo does start and work, but a "CRITICAL" assertion failure in such an
important software as OOo should be fixed IMHO.

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Matthias Klose (doko) wrote :

still unable to reproduce this warning on startup

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Kurt J. Bosch (kujub-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

I can confirm this on up to date edgy at least if i start OO under KDE
even with running gnome-settings-daemon.

In addition to this fonts in OO look very ugly, like dpi is detected wrong.
I use 96 dpi setting in xorg.conf, kde and gnome and mostly Arial.
It works nice everywere except in OO.
I can set OO to use system fonts or not, both look very ugly.

I will write a second report for this using subject
OpenOffice font rendering bad

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Daniel Hahler (blueyed) wrote :

I can confirm this with current feisty.

I could not find a bug about this upstream.

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Daniel Hahler (blueyed) wrote :

I get four assertions on startup and a lot more (>20) when opening a file on startup.

There seems to get passed a wrong "screen" reference around.

From a quick google it appears to be a Ubuntu specific problem!

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Kurt J. Bosch (kujub-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

On kubuntu feisty when I start oocalc I get 14 of

(process:6036): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_screen_get_font_options: assertion `GDK_IS_SCREEN (screen)' failed

When opening some document I get some more of the same.

The ugly font problem has gone away since I upgraded.

When starting oowriter, I get five of

(process:6696): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_screen_get_font_options: assertion `GDK_IS_SCREEN (screen)' failed

Whether gnome-settings-daemon is running or not does not matter.

When using a different user with kde it is allmost the same.

When using a different user with gnome there seem to be no problem at all.

BTW
I have two X-screens (:0.0 for VGA and :0.1 for TV) with nvidia binary driver installed. All above was done on :0.1

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Daniel Hahler (blueyed) wrote :

OOo does start, but the warning is critical and should get fixed, as said before.

Changed in openoffice.org:
status: Needs Info → Confirmed
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Matthias Klose (doko) wrote :

> OOo does start, but the warning is critical and should get fixed,
> as said before.

why is it critical?

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Daniel Hahler (blueyed) wrote :

At least it's named "Gdk-CRITICAL"..

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Daniel Hahler (blueyed) wrote :

It seems to be caused by
  ooo-build/patches/src680/ooo59127.vcl.honourcairofont.diff
where gdk_screen_get_default() return no screen probably.

$ find /tmp/openoffice.org-2.2.0 | xargs grep gdk_screen_get_font_options
/tmp/openoffice.org-2.2.0/ooo-build/patches/src680/ooo59127.vcl.honourcairofont.diff:+ if (const cairo_font_options_t *pOptions = gdk_screen_get_font_options(gdk_screen_get_default()))

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Laurent Bonnaud (laurent-bonnaud) wrote :

This bug no longer exists in the latest gutsy (Version: 1:2.3.0~rc1-1ubuntu2)

Changed in openoffice.org:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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