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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    Bug#41712: Kstars crash on launch.
From:       Jason Harris <jharris () 30doradus ! org>
Date:       2002-05-21 22:35:41
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Hi,

Sorry you're having problems with KStars.

This is the correct place to report bugs, don't bother reporting it to 
Mandrake, since it isn't really a packaging problem.  The bug you've reported 
is almost certainly an "uninitialized pointer" bug that we didn't notice 
until after KDE3.0 shipped.  Unfortunately, this bug only seems to cause 
problems on a small fraction of machines.  I thought at first it was Suse 
only, but I've heard from several Mandrake users as well.  

Since you say you got KStars as part of the Mandrake distribution for KDE, I'm 
assuming you installed the precompiled binary RPM version.  In that case, 
your best bet for fixing the bug is to upgrade to our latest release version, 
which you can get from our website: http://edu.kde.org/kstars .

There isn't an RPM version available yet, so you'll have to compile it 
yourself (which isn't that hard, so don't let that discourage you!  besides 
if you have problems, you can always email kstars@30doradus.org for help)

good luck, and please let me know if you upgrade and still have problems.
Jason

On Tuesday 21 May 2002 03:32 pm, Simon Fraser wrote:
> kstars 0.9
> in kdeedu3 version 3.0-3mdk
>
> When I invoke kstars from menu, program crashes after loading stars,
> planets etc. After splah screen disappears, what would presumably be the
> main screen flashes up and immediateley disappears, followed by crash
> screen.
>
> I wouldn't have bothered sending this as the event seems to be pretty
> much as per original bug-report, but the details are different, so it
> may shed some light. (I am not a coder or a command-liner, just an
> ex-Windows tinkerer, so it's all beyond me!)
>
> Although Kde site pointed me to the package, it is a Mandrake version.
> Should I report it to them too?
>
> (no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...
> (no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...
> (no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...
> (no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...
> (no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...
> (no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...
> (no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...
> (no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...
> (no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...[New
> Thread 1024 (LWP 1745)]
>
> 0x4105c409 in wait4 () from /lib/libc.so.6
> #0  0x4105c409 in wait4 () from /lib/libc.so.6
> #1  0x410db98c in __check_rhosts_file () from /lib/libc.so.6
> #2  0x40f66d56 in waitpid (pid=1746, stat_loc=0x0, options=0)
>     at wrapsyscall.c:172
> #3  0x40678282 in KCrash::defaultCrashHandler ()
>    from /opt/kde3//lib/libkdecore.so.4
> #4  0x40f645bb in pthread_sighandler (signo=11, ctx=
>       {gs = 0, __gsh = 0, fs = 0, __fsh = 0, es = 43, __esh = 0, ds =
> 43, __dsh = 0, edi = 159751944, esi = 360, ebp = 3221221160, esp =
> 3221216616, ebx = 135384424, edx = 0, ecx = 0, eax = 0, trapno = 14, err
> = 4, eip = 134814668, cs = 35, __csh = 0, eflags = 66194, esp_at_signal
> = 3221216616, ss = 43, __ssh = 0, fpstate = 0xbfffdae8, oldmask =
> 2147483648, cr2 = 4}) at signals.c:97
> #5  0x40fcf478 in killpg () from /lib/libc.so.6
> #6  0x40a1810e in QWidget::event () from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
>
>
> Clean install Mandrake 8.2 download edition on AMD Athlon 1333Mhz / 512
> Mb RAM / K7S5A m/b (dual boot Win98).
>
> Happy hunting!
>
> Simon Fraser

-- 
Jason Harris
jharris@30doradus.org

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