Scribus was starting fine for several months, then it 'doesnt start' when I click it.
If starting from a terminal, I get the message
Syntax error: "(" unexpected
the weird part here is if I update ANY font on my system, ( even copy an existing font into .fonts), scribus loads just fine until I lock my session or reboot, then once again it will not start.
I have downloaded 1.5.7 which I used for months, and it also exhibits the same issue, as does 1.5.5.
I can run the repo 1.4.7 version with no issues.
My System :
Snapshot created on: 20200815_1336
System: Kernel: 5.10.0-8mx-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 8.3.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-8mx-amd64
root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
Desktop: Xfce 4.14.2 tk: Gtk 3.24.5 info: xfce4-panel, cairo-dock wm: xfwm 4.14.0
vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-19.4_x64 patito feo May 31 2020
base: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
Machine: Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: Z390 I AORUS PRO WIFI v: N/A serial: <filter>
Mobo: Gigabyte model: Z390 I AORUS PRO WIFI-CF v: x.x serial: <filter>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: F7a date: 08/29/2019
Battery: Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech K520 serial: <filter>
charge: 70% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: Discharging
Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse serial: <filter>
charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: Discharging
CPU: Info: 8-Core model: Intel Core i7-9700K bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Kaby Lake
note: check family: 6 model-id: 9E (158) stepping: D (13) microcode: F0 cache:
L2: 12 MiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 57600
Speed: 900 MHz min/max: 800/4900 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 900 2: 900 3: 900 4: 900
5: 900 6: 900 7: 900 8: 900
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Split huge pages
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass
mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds mitigation: TSX disabled
Type: tsx_async_abort mitigation: TSX disabled
Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA GK208 [GeForce GT 730] vendor: eVga.com. GK208B driver: nvidia
v: 418.211.00 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1287 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Logitech Webcam C270 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-4:3
chip-ID: 046d:0825 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 compositor: compton v: 0.1~beta2+20150922 driver:
loaded: nvidia unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa alternate: nv
display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 5760x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1524x286mm (60.0x11.3")
s-diag: 1551mm (61")
Monitor-1: VGA-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 82 size: 598x336mm (23.5x13.2")
diag: 686mm (27")
Monitor-2: DVI-D-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 82 size: 598x336mm (23.5x13.2")
diag: 686mm (27")
Monitor-3: HDMI-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 82 size: 598x336mm (23.5x13.2")
diag: 686mm (27")
OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GT 730/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 418.211.00
direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a348 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GK208 HDMI/DP Audio vendor: eVga.com. driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0e0f class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Logitech Webcam C270 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-4:3
chip-ID: 046d:0825 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.0-8mx-amd64 running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 12.2 running: yes
Network: Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9560 [Jefferson Peak] driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
modules: wl bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:a370 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: Gigabyte driver: e1000e v: kernel port: efa0
bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15bc class-ID: 0200
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth: Device-1: Intel type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-14:5 chip-ID: 8087:0aaa
class-ID: e001
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter>
Info: acl-mtu: 1021:4 sco-mtu: 96:6 link-policy: rswitch sniff
link-mode: slave accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer
Drives: Local Storage: total: 5.46 TiB used: 1.19 TiB (21.7%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 1TB size: 931.51 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD
serial: <filter> rev: 1B4QFXO7 temp: 46.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST3000DM001-1ER166 size: 2.73 TiB
block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200
serial: <filter> rev: CC25 scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 2TB size: 1.82 TiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter>
rev: 3B6Q scheme: MBR
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 909.23 GiB size: 893.96 GiB (98.32%) used: 331.4 GiB (37.1%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 256 MiB size: 252 MiB (98.46%) used: 387 KiB (0.1%)
fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
Swap: Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8 GiB used: 2 MiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 57.0 C mobo: 27.8 C gpu: nvidia temp: 46 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 32%
Repos: Packages: note: see --pkg apt: 2942 lib: 1524 flatpak: 0
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list
1: deb [arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ buster main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster-updates main contrib non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster main contrib non-free
2: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security/ buster/updates main contrib non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
1: deb http://la.mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ buster main non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/signal-xenial.list
1: deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/signal-desktop-keyring.gpg] https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt/ xenial main
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list
Info: Processes: 324 Uptime: 21h 29m wakeups: 32 Memory: 15.57 GiB used: 9.92 GiB (63.7%)
Init: SysVinit v: 2.93 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 8.3.0
alt: 8 Shell: quick-system-in default: Bash v: 5.0.3 running-in: quick-system-in
inxi: 3.3.06
Love Scribus, amazing program and you all are doing AWESOME work with it !!! Thank you !!