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firefox package

  1. Bug #124424
  2. Comment #21

Comment 21 for bug 124424

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Ben Regenspan (bregenspan) wrote :

I got this same error every time I attempted to open FF:
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ben@ben-desktop:~$ firefox -safe-mode

(gecko:13540): Pango-WARNING **: failed to create cairo scaled font, expect ugly output. the offending font is 'Times 12'
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
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Removing the Times Truetype font I had installed fixed the problem, and now Firefox starts, though obviously this is not the ideal solution.