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freecad package

FreeCAD 17 Beta text displayed as squares

Bug #1806511 reported by James Luscher on 2018-12-04

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	freecad (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

FreeCAD installed from Ubuntu Software Center - FreeCAD 17 Beta - worked with Ubuntu 18.04
but after upgrading to Ubuntu 18.10 the display is unusable.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-12.13-generic 4.18.17
Uname: Linux 4.18.0-12-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity_support_test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13.1
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: None
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Mon Dec 3 18:40:04 2018
DistUpgraded: 2018-10-20 08:18:12,951 ERROR got error from PostInstallScript ./xorg_fix_proprietary.py (g-exec-error-quark: Failed to execute child process “./xorg_fix_proprietary.py” (No such file or directory) (8))
DistroCodename: cosmic
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GraphicsCard:
Intel Corporation Crystal Well Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0d26] (rev 08) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Crystal Well Integrated Graphics Controller [1558:7410]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-28 (1711 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20140326)
MachineType: System76, Inc. Galago UltraPro
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-4.18.0-12-generic root=UUID=c330a467-be0d-4c14-aff3-caeb375596b7 ro rootflags=subvol=@ i915.disable_power_well=0 quiet splash vt.handoff=1
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to cosmic on 2018-10-20 (44 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 07/09/2013
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 4.6.5
dmi.board.asset.tag: Tag 12345
dmi.board.name: Galago UltraPro
dmi.board.vendor: System76, Inc.
dmi.board.version: galu1
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 9
dmi.chassis.vendor: System76, Inc,
dmi.chassis.version: galu1
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr4.6.5:bd07/09/2013:svnSystem76,Inc.:pnGalagoUltraPro:pvrgalu1:rvnSystem76,Inc.:rnGalagoUltraPro:rvrgalu1:cvnSystem76,Inc,:ct9:cvrgalu1:
dmi.product.family: Not Applicable
dmi.product.name: Galago UltraPro
dmi.product.sku: Not Applicable
dmi.product.version: galu1
dmi.sys.vendor: System76, Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.13.1+18.10.20180930-0ubuntu1
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.95-1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 18.2.2-0ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 18.2.2-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.20.1-3ubuntu2.1
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.6-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:18.1.0-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20171229-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.15-3

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James Luscher (jluscher) wrote on 2018-12-04:

screenshot of FreeCAD at startup Ubuntu 18.10 Edit (236.0 KiB, image/png)
BootLog.txt Edit (1.5 MiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (80.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (12.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgLog.txt Edit (7.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
LightdmGreeterLogOld.txt Edit (5.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (11.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (518 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
MonitorsUser.xml.txt Edit (1.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (8.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (1.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (4.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (5.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (165.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UnitySupportTest.txt Edit (610 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (35.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLogOld.txt Edit (35.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Xrandr.txt Edit (21.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xdpyinfo.txt Edit (18.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote on 2018-12-04:

Looks like a bug in the toolkit FreeCAD uses for text rendering.

affects:

xorg (Ubuntu) → freecad (Ubuntu)

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Kurt Kremitzki (kkremitzki) wrote on 2018-12-04:

Hello James,

Judging by "FreeCAD 17 Beta", it sounds like you're using the FreeCAD snap, which was uploaded by a community member and then abandoned; it's from June 2016 and FreeCAD 0.17 was actually released April 6th, 2018. *I don't recommend using it at all*.

I filed a name dispute for the snap on October 28th, 2018 so the community could regain control of the official 'freecad' snap, but I never heard anything back. Checking my snapcraft.io login, it looks like I now control the 'freecad' name and was never notified of the outcome of the dispute, but I don't expect I'll have time to work on snap terribly soon, since we're preparing for a 0.18 release.

In the meantime, I suggest either using the FreeCAD Stable PPA (https://launchpad.net/~freecad-maintainers/+archive/ubuntu/freecad-stable) or grabbing one of the Appimages from our Github page (https://github.com/freecad/freecad/releases). Since 0.18 mostly contains bugfixes and UX improvements, and is now in a feature freeze, I'd suggest giving it a try if you're feeling adventurous.

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James Luscher (jluscher) wrote on 2018-12-04: Re: [Bug 1806511] Re: FreeCAD 17 Beta text displayed as squares

Thanks for the notification.
I'm a happy user of FreeCAD and was shocked at the screen display under
Ubuntu 18.10 and a bit worried about what was going on.

I'll try and use the link you provided for update.

I don't know how Ubuntu got that version into their 'Ubuntu software'
listing but it sounds like a big error as it will discourage people new to
FreeCAD, as it has a friend of mine.

I noticed that 0.16 was about 100 Mbytes and 0.17 jumped to 200+ Mbytes
which made me think some MAJOR change was involved. I don't understand
what 'snap' involves other than some vague idea that it somehow packages
(duplicates ?!!) the libraries that are on the system, which really doesn't
make sense to me at all ... I mean shouldn't an OS package have libraries
appropriate to the hardware for the system? At least that is the best
guess I have for doubling of the installation size.

I'm a retired electircal engineer and did a lot of work with embedded
systems (small ones) so the mammoth size of current systems and the
dizzying array of acronyms is a bit overwhelming.

Thank you for your response and all the best with 0.18 and if there
is anything I can do to help, in my own limited way, feel free to ask.

James

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On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 9:55 PM Kurt Kremitzki <email address hidden> wrote:

> Hello James,
>
> Judging by "FreeCAD 17 Beta", it sounds like you're using the FreeCAD
> snap, which was uploaded by a community member and then abandoned; it's
> from June 2016 and FreeCAD 0.17 was actually released April 6th, 2018.
> *I don't recommend using it at all*.
>
> I filed a name dispute for the snap on October 28th, 2018 so the
> community could regain control of the official 'freecad' snap, but I
> never heard anything back. Checking my snapcraft.io login, it looks like
> I now control the 'freecad' name and was never notified of the outcome
> of the dispute, but I don't expect I'll have time to work on snap
> terribly soon, since we're preparing for a 0.18 release.
>
> In the meantime, I suggest either using the FreeCAD Stable PPA
> (https://launchpad.net/~freecad-maintainers/+archive/ubuntu/freecad-
> stable) or grabbing one of the Appimages from our Github page
> (https://github.com/freecad/freecad/releases). Since 0.18 mostly
> contains bugfixes and UX improvements, and is now in a feature freeze,
> I'd suggest giving it a try if you're feeling adventurous.
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1806511
>
> Title:
> FreeCAD 17 Beta text displayed as squares
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
>
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Thanks for the notification.
I'm a happy user of FreeCAD and was shocked at the screen display under
Ubuntu 18.10  and a bit worried about what was going on.

I'll try and use the link you provided for update.

I don't know how Ubuntu got that version into their 'Ubuntu software'
listing but it sounds like a big error as it will discourage people new to
FreeCAD, as it has a friend of mine.

I noticed that 0.16 was about 100 Mbytes and 0.17 jumped to 200+ Mbytes
which made me think some MAJOR change was involved.   I don't understand
what 'snap' involves other than some vague idea that it somehow packages
(duplicates ?!!) the libraries that are on the system, which really doesn't
make sense to me at all ... I mean shouldn't an OS package have libraries
appropriate to the hardware for the system?  At least that is the best
guess I have for doubling of the installation size.

I'm a retired electircal engineer and did a lot of work with embedded
systems (small ones) so the mammoth size of current systems and the
dizzying array of acronyms is a bit overwhelming.

Thank you for your response and all the best with 0.18 and if there
is anything I can do to help, in my own limited way, feel free to ask.

James

* ----  SueDoKu <ftp://24.196.131.11/home-cloud/SueDoKu/index.html>  ----*

*“We don't want everyone to be an engineer. The fashion crisis alone would
be troubling.” - Bill Nye, "the science guy"*

On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 9:55 PM Kurt Kremitzki <kkremitzki@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello James,
>
> Judging by "FreeCAD 17 Beta", it sounds like you're using the FreeCAD
> snap, which was uploaded by a community member and then abandoned; it's
> from June 2016 and FreeCAD 0.17 was actually released April 6th, 2018.
> *I don't recommend using it at all*.
>
> I filed a name dispute for the snap on October 28th, 2018 so the
> community could regain control of the official 'freecad' snap, but I
> never heard anything back. Checking my snapcraft.io login, it looks like
> I now control the 'freecad' name and was never notified of the outcome
> of the dispute, but I don't expect I'll have time to work on snap
> terribly soon, since we're preparing for a 0.18 release.
>
> In the meantime, I suggest either using the FreeCAD Stable PPA
> (https://launchpad.net/~freecad-maintainers/+archive/ubuntu/freecad-
> stable) or grabbing one of the Appimages from our Github page
> (https://github.com/freecad/freecad/releases). Since 0.18 mostly
> contains bugfixes and UX improvements, and is now in a feature freeze,
> I'd suggest giving it a try if you're feeling adventurous.
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1806511
>
> Title:
>   FreeCAD 17 Beta text displayed as squares
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freecad/+bug/1806511/+subscriptions
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