Yes, that's fixed it. The language setting was blank in the default installation; setting it to en_US does indeed solve the problem!
Thanks to everyone, Julian At 11:34 am -0400 2/5/02, Dom Lachowicz wrote: >I have an idea of what's going on here. Try this from a terminal: > >setenv LANG en_US > >and then run abiword from the terminal > >Dom > >On Thu, 2002-05-02 at 11:11, Julian Clementson wrote: >> Hi Frank, >> >> Thanks for offering to help: >> >> At 3:54 pm +0100 2/5/02, F J Franklin wrote: >> >On Thu, 2 May 2002, Julian Clementson wrote: >> >> This sounds similar to the problem I asked about a couple of days ago >> >> - XAbiWord runs ok, but I get a crash every time I try to open an >> >> AbiWord window using File New or File Open - the console opens with >> >> an AbiWord.crash.log window. >> > >> >I'm really not sure what to make of this. What happens if you start from a >> >terminal, e.g.: >> > >> >/Applications/XAbiWord.app/Contents/MacOS/XAbiWord >> > >> >> It does just the same as double-clicking the AbiWord app - it opens >> the XAbiWord carbon app, but then doing File>New or File>Open after >> that fails to open an X window - and generates an AbiWord.crash.log >> (attached below if it helps!). >> >> Julian >> >> ********** >> >> Date/Time: 2002-05-02 16:09:06 +0100 >> OS Version: 10.1.4 (Build 5Q125) >> >> Command: AbiWord >> PID: 6917 >> >> Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001) >> Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000000 >> >> Thread 0: >> #0 0x70000a50 in strlen >> #1 0x006d5708 in UT_strdup >> #2 0x00608b84 in overlayEnvironmentPrefs__12AP_UnixPrefs >> #3 0x005688ec in fullInit__8AP_Prefs >> #4 0x005c3f9c in initialize__10AP_UnixApp >> #5 0x005c6ad8 in main__10AP_UnixAppPCciPPc >> #6 0x00001d48 in main >> #7 0x00001bd8 in _start >> #8 0x00001a08 in start >> >> >> PPC Thread State: >> srr0: 0x70000a50 srr1: 0x0000f030 vrsave: 0x00000000 >> xer: 0x00000020 lr: 0x006d5708 ctr: 0x70000a40 mq: 0x00000000 >> r0: 0x006d5708 r1: 0xbffff710 r2: 0x0009a4d2 r3: 0x00000000 >> r4: 0x00000020 r5: 0x00000004 r6: 0x00000000 r7: 0x00000000 >> r8: 0x00000000 r9: 0x00000044 r10: 0x0000004c r11: 0x008cbcc4 >> r12: 0x70000a40 r13: 0x00000000 r14: 0x00000036 r15: 0x00eb87e0 >> r16: 0x00eb87e0 r17: 0xbfffee90 r18: 0x00eb8950 r19: 0x00005603 >> r20: 0x00000000 r21: 0x0000001c r22: 0x70004234 r23: 0x700042c8 >> r24: 0x00000004 r25: 0x000003a4 r26: 0x70002d84 r27: 0x70002e10 >> r28: 0x00000000 r29: 0xbfffef00 r30: 0x00000000 r31: 0x00000001 >> >> ********** >> >> -- >> Julian Clementson >> Assistant IT Manager >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Tel +44 (0)1923 456184 >> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >> London Bible College > > Green Lane > > NORTHWOOD > > UK > > HA6 2UW > > http://www.londonbiblecollege.ac.uk > > Tel +44 (0)1923 456000 > > Fax +44 (0)1923 456001 > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >> London Bible College is an Associated College of Brunel University. >> Company limited by guarantee, registered in England >> no. 381332; registered charity no. 312778; registered office: >> London Bible College, Green Lane, Northwood, Middlesex HA6 2UW. >> -- >> This e-mail has been scanned at London Bible College for viruses. >> Anti-virus system installed by CTi (Worldwide) Ltd. www.cti-uk.com >> ----------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word >> unsubscribe in the message body. > > >-- >This e-mail has been scanned at London Bible College for viruses. >Anti-virus system installed by CTi (Worldwide) Ltd. www.cti-uk.com >Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc >Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part > >Attachment converted: Julian's HD:signature.asc 1 (????/----) (0001F86E) -- Julian Clementson Assistant IT Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel +44 (0)1923 456184 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . London Bible College Green Lane NORTHWOOD UK HA6 2UW http://www.londonbiblecollege.ac.uk Tel +44 (0)1923 456000 Fax +44 (0)1923 456001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . London Bible College is an Associated College of Brunel University. Company limited by guarantee, registered in England no. 381332; registered charity no. 312778; registered office: London Bible College, Green Lane, Northwood, Middlesex HA6 2UW. -- This e-mail has been scanned at London Bible College for viruses. Anti-virus system installed by CTi (Worldwide) Ltd. www.cti-uk.com ----------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.