On 26/03/2012 20:47, Ken Brown wrote: > On 3/24/2012 3:47 PM, Ken Brown wrote: >> To reproduce: >> >> 1. Install texworks-0.4.3-1 from Cygwin Ports. >> >> 2. Create two tex files in your home directory, say test1.tex and >> test2.tex. I don't know if the contents matter, but in my case both >> files contain the following: >> >> \documentclass{article} >> \begin{document} >> Hello >> \end{document} >> >> 3. Start the X server by using the Start Menu shortcut. >> >> 4. Start texworks by typing "texworks&" in an xterm window. >> >> 5. Click on the "Open" icon to open one of the tex files. Then do the >> same to open the second. >> >> At this point the X server crashes and gives the message "Caught signal >> 11 (segmentation fault)". Server aborting." >> >> Before the crash I get the following warning in the xterm window when I >> open a file: >> >> QFileSystemWatcher: failed to add paths: /home/kbrown >> >> I don't know if this is significant.su >> >> I'm attaching cygcheck output and XWin.0.log. >> >> Ken >> >> P.S. I'm currently using the test version of xorg-server (1.12.0-1), but >> I can reproduce the crash with 1.11.4-5 also. Also, I'm currently >> testing the latest Cygwin snapshot. I just tried reverting to 1.7.11, >> and the X server still crashed, but not just from opening two files. I >> had to open and compile several tex documents before it happened. > > One further detail for anyone trying to reproduce this: I just tried it on a > second computer, and my recipe didn't immediately produce the crash. But I > simply started trying to use texworks (loading and compiling various tex > documents), and the X server crashed within a few minutes.
Thanks very much for the detailed report. On the off chance this is a known issue, would you mind downloading the X server symbols and getting a backtrace using the instruction on [1], before I try to reproduce it. [1] http://x.cygwin.com/devel/backtrace.html -- Jon TURNEY Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/