GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 343474
gimp or gaim nothing starts up
Last modified: 2006-05-31 13:55:26 UTC
Please describe the problem: whenever I wish to open an application like gimp or gaim there comes an error saying- "Pango-ERROR **:file shape.c: line 75 (pango_shape): assertion failed: (glyphs->num_glyphs >0) aborting.. " Steps to reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Does this happen every time? everytime I try to start the programs Other information:
Looks related to 95010, 304702, and others. I recommend upgrading to pango 1.12.0 when it's available on Win32 and trying that out, as per the recommendation in bug 304702. Thanks for the bug report. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 304702 ***
Well, Pango 1.12.3 is available for Win32, ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/v2.10/win32/pango-1.12.3.zip . --tml
ok, but how do I install those? just unzipping in the gtk\2.0\ folder with overwriting on, does not work.
ok, but how do I install those? just unzipping in the gtk\2.0\ folder with overwriting on, does not work. I am using pango version 1.4.0
In what way doesn't it work? If you are using a that old Pango version, how old is your GTK and GLib then? You will need GLib 2.10.x with Pango 1.12.x. It probably then makes sense to upgrade GTK as well... You should unzip the archive(s) so that each file in it overwrites the corresponding file from the old installation. (Well, there might be some new files in the newer version that weren't present in the older one, of course, but the DLLs in the "bin" subfolder, for instance, should be the same.) You can't be running a program that uses the DLLs in question when you try to overwrite them. Of course, before attempting anything, make a backup copy of your gtk, glib, pango installation.