this has been reportedly long fixed in 21.04, and 20.10 went EOL in the meantime (and nowadays 21.04 too). so I'm closing this bug.
** Changed in: scribus (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Edubuntu Bugsquad, which is subscribed to scribus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1901345 Title: Scribus 1.5.6 unstable (?) freezes immediately at startup To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/scribus/+bug/1901345/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~edubuntu-bugs Post to : edubuntu-bugs@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~edubuntu-bugs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp