This is a user reported bug. I get the same segmentation fault. I tried the sample program with 4.8.5 and 4.9.1 (both python and python3) on Debian and Ubuntu with the same results.
Scott K ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Bug#661854: python-qt4: segfault calling family() on QFontInfo object Date: Friday, March 02, 2012, 12:06:17 AM From: Yann Dirson <ydir...@free.fr> To: Debian Bug Tracking System <sub...@bugs.debian.org> Package: python-qt4 Version: 4.9.1-1 Severity: normal $ python Python 2.7.2+ (default, Nov 30 2011, 19:22:03) [GCC 4.6.2] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui, QtSvg >>> fi = QtGui.QFontInfo(QtGui.QFont()) >>> fi <PyQt4.QtGui.QFontInfo object at 0x7fbf89211b40> >>> fi.family() Segmentation fault -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (500, 'oldstable'), (101, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.1.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages python-qt4 depends on: ii libc6 2.13-26 ii libgcc1 1:4.6.2-12 ii libpython2.7 2.7.2-8 ii libqt4-dbus 4:4.7.4-2 ii libqt4-declarative 4:4.7.4-2 ii libqt4-designer 4:4.7.4-2 ii libqt4-help 4:4.7.4-2 ii libqt4-network 4:4.7.4-2 ii libqt4-script 4:4.7.4-2 ii libqt4-scripttools 4:4.7.4-2 ii libqt4-svg 4:4.7.4-2 ii libqt4-test 4:4.7.4-2 ii libqt4-xml 4:4.7.4-2 ii libqt4-xmlpatterns 4:4.7.4-2 ii libqtassistantclient4 4.6.3-3 ii libqtcore4 4:4.7.4-2 ii libqtgui4 4:4.7.4-2 ii libqtwebkit4 2.2.0-3 ii libstdc++6 4.6.2-12 ii python 2.7.2-10 ii python-sip [sip-api-8.1] 4.13.2-1 ii python2.6 2.6.7-4 ii python2.7 2.7.2-8 ----------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ PyQt mailing list PyQt@riverbankcomputing.com http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/mailman/listinfo/pyqt