Evolution freezes when attempting to compose email in html format

[Jane Atkinson]

When I choose a different colour when composing an email in html format, Evolution locks up. I can move the mouse but clicking on any of the buttons in the email compose window does nothing. I can still click on the close box, but I'm asked to save or discard the message, so I can't get any further. The only way out is to kill Evolution altogether.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: evolution 3.2.3-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.28-generic-pae 3.2.9
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Mar 12 12:38:24 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120301)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_NZ:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_NZ.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: evolution
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[SB (stefan-bommer)]

This bug is still present in package 3.2.3-0ubuntu6 (on 64bit Precise Pangolin). It doesnt happen with other formatting options like putting the text in bold letters or adjusting the font, just the colors.

[Jose Phillips (jose-phillips)]

this problem is not just on evolution , the bug is on GTKHTML package

[SB (stefan-bommer)]

@josephillips: Does this mean it won't be fixed since Evolution is moving away from gtkhtml and towards webkit? So should we just wait for the webkit version (3.4, right?) to land in ubuntu?

[Erich Turnwald-Kurtz (etk)]

Has also been reported as bug #994628

[Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox)]

Duplicate of bug 1003884; fixed in Quantal, and an update should be available in precise-proposed shortly.