On Jul 28, 2006, at 10:39 AM, Jeff Whitaker wrote:

> Jens Noeckel wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I have lyx-qt 1.4.1-1 installed from unstable with fink 0.8.1.rsync
>> i386 on a MacBook Pro, and get a crash when I do a particular
>> sequence of steps in lyx. I've reported this to the lyx developers
>> but also wanted to report it here, in case anyone else experiences
>> this (i've now checked this on three different machines, PPC and
>> Intel, and also on the Non-X11 Qt LyX-Mac version 1.4.2):
>>
>> Try opening a new file, type a few words with a math inset among
>> them. Save the file. Then erase the math inset and save again.
>> Immediately afterwards, exit lyx. That causes a crash.
>>
>> The error message on the terminal is:
>>
>> Mutex destroy failure: Resource busy
>>
>> lyx: SIGSEGV signal caught
>> Sorry, you have found a bug in LyX. Please read the bug-reporting
>> instructions in Help->Introduction and send us a bug report, if
>> necessary. Thanks !
>> Bye.
>> /sw/bin/lyx: line 15:  4178 Abort trap              /sw/bin/lyxx $@
>>
>> I've also checked this on a PPC machine - there, the program also
>> aborts abnormally but with fewer messages after the "Mutex destroy
>> failure: Resource busy".
>>
>> Jens
>>
>
> Jens;  From the 1.4.2 release notes:
>
>  * Fix a crash on exit on MacOS X, and the well known "Mutex  
> destroy failure"
>   error message on Linux (qt frontend, bugs 2549 and 1029).
>
> I'm testing a package for 1.4.2 now, will let you know when it is  
> committed.
>
> -Jeff
>
>

Jeff - I do still see the crash on LyX-Mac 1.4.2, though. It will be  
interesting to see if it is still there in the fink package, too...

By the way, while compiling lyx 1.4.2 myself, I discovered (or Google  
discovered for me) that there is a way to patch QT-mac so that the  
Ctrl key regains its emacs-like functionality, and the Command key  
becomes a meta key. I tried it and it works with the Mac versions of  
qt3 and lyx 1.4.2. I wonder if one can also do something like that  
with the X11 qt3 that fink's lyx uses. That way lyx-qt would finally  
have a meta key, the way it did with xforms. If there's interest in  
this, I could send more information...

Thanks,
Jens




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