Bug 403657

Summary: Audacity goes into infinite loop on KDE neon
Product: [KDE Neon] neon Reporter: Jeong-Ho Park <nemonein>
Component: Packages User EditionAssignee: Neon Bugs <neon-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal CC: bryantdl7, jr, neon-bugs-null, sitter
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Neon   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Jeong-Ho Park 2019-01-27 14:55:49 UTC 
SUMMARY
Audacity could not start because of pango_font_description_set_size issue.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Install audacity (pkcon install audacity, or apt instal audacity)
2. run audacity from Terminal
3. There's an error, infinite loop.

OBSERVED RESULT
(Audacity:14491): Pango-CRITICAL **: 23:25:13.271: pango_font_description_set_size: assertion 'size >= 0' failed
(infinite loop goes on..)

EXPECTED RESULT
Runs well?

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: KDE Neon User Edition
KDE Plasma Version: 5.14.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.54.0
Qt Version: 5.11.2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Audacity(2.2.1 from Ubuntu repository) works well on Kubuntu 18.04 and 18.10.
Only KDE Neon has this issue.
However, there's a Snap package for Audacity the version of which is 2.3.0, works on KDE Neon.
Comment 1 BRYANTDL7 2025-09-09 16:05:36 UTC 
This ticket has been archived due to the age of this request, in order to keep currently present issues at the forefront for proper resolution. If this issue is still present, please reopen this ticket and provide additional details related to the request.