I think this is less of a hugin problem but a good reason for a system check. I prefer http://applejack.sf.net (which starts fsck and a few more tests) for that, but an OS X startup DVD with Disk Utility (see http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1417 ) will be a good start.
>From the first report "It seems to hapen more often when other programs are open in the background." In that case I'd close all other apps and have an eye on the activity monitor. About "cursor is a watch", isn't it a "spinning beach ball"? You wrote that you "didn't change any prefs." Please read the READMEs that come with the software, there are indeed some prefs you should adapt to your needs... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Hugin Developers, which is subscribed to Hugin. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1065780 Title: Hugin crashes on opening pto file (OS X) Status in Hugin - Panorama Tools GUI: New Bug description: Hugin crashes from time to time on opening a pto file. It seems to hapen more often when other programs are open in the background. The same pto file can open 10 times without a problem and then 4 times cause Hugin to crash. Hugin 2011.4.0 (Mac) OS X 10.6.8 iMac7,1, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.4 GHz, 4 GB Activity monitor: page-outs: 0 bytes, free memory 1.95 GB pto file with 2 or 4 TIFF images, 16 bit gray, 717 x 2706, 3.9 MB Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT) Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000 Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread Application Specific Information: abort() called Thread 0 Crashed: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x922a4c5a __kill + 10 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x922a4c4c kill$UNIX2003 + 32 2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x923375a5 raise + 26 3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9234d6e4 abort + 93 4 net.sourceforge.hugin.Hugin 0x001b877d celeste::SafeAbs(int) + 125 5 net.sourceforge.hugin.Hugin 0x00039428 boost::shared_ptr<HuginBase::ImageCache::Entry>::operator->() const + 56 6 net.sourceforge.hugin.base_wx 0x011650a7 HuginBase::ImageCache::postEvent(boost::shared_ptr<HuginBase::ImageCache::Request>, boost::shared_ptr<HuginBase::ImageCache::Entry>) + 183 7 net.sourceforge.hugin.Hugin 0x0000fa95 huginApp::relayImageLoaded(ImageReadyEvent&) + 85 8 libwx_macu-2.8.0.7.0.dylib 0x005dbbb2 wxEvtHandler::ProcessEventIfMatches(wxEventTableEntryBase const&, wxEvtHandler*, wxEvent&) + 114 In Console: 12-10-12 03:00:00 [0x0-0x90090].net.sourceforge.hugin.Hugin[958] MainFrame::RestoreLayoutOnNextResize() 12-10-12 03:00:54 [0x0-0x90090].net.sourceforge.hugin.Hugin[958] Number of images 4 12-10-12 03:00:54 [0x0-0x90090].net.sourceforge.hugin.Hugin[958] ContractViolation: 12-10-12 03:00:54 [0x0-0x90090].net.sourceforge.hugin.Hugin[958] Precondition violation! 12-10-12 03:00:54 [0x0-0x90090].net.sourceforge.hugin.Hugin[958] Unable to open file ''. 12-10-12 03:00:54 [0x0-0x90090].net.sourceforge.hugin.Hugin[958] (/Users/Shared/development/hugin_related/hugin-2011.4.0/mac/../src/foreign/vigra/vigra_impex/codecman:206) 12-10-12 03:00:54 [0x0-0x90090].net.sourceforge.hugin.Hugin[958] ERROR: 03:00:54.104600 (/Users/Shared/development/hugin_related/hugin-2011.4.0/mac/../src/hugin_base/huginapp/ImageCache.cpp:658) loadImageSafely(): Error during image reading: 12-10-12 03:00:54 [0x0-0x90090].net.sourceforge.hugin.Hugin[958] Precondition violation! 12-10-12 03:00:54 [0x0-0x90090].net.sourceforge.hugin.Hugin[958] Unable to open file ''. 12-10-12 03:00:54 [0x0-0x90090].net.sourceforge.hugin.Hugin[958] (/Users/Shared/development/hugin_related/hugin-2011.4.0/mac/../src/foreign/vigra/vigra_impex/codecman:206) 12-10-12 03:00:54 [0x0-0x90090].net.sourceforge.hugin.Hugin[958] /Users/Shared/development/hugin_related/ExternalPrograms/3way-repository/include/boost/smart_ptr/shared_ptr.hpp:418: failed assertion `px != 0' 12-10-12 03:00:54 com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[100] ([0x0-0x90090].net.sourceforge.hugin.Hugin[958]) Job appears to have crashed: Abort trap 12-10-12 03:00:55 ReportCrash[966] Saved crash report for Hugin[958] version 2011.4.0 (cf9be9344356) to /Users/Willeke/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Hugin_2012-10-12-030055_imac-van-willeke.crash Also from Console, another attempt, didn't crash: 12-10-12 01:24:45 [0x0-0x3a03a].net.sourceforge.hugin.Hugin[410] ERROR: 01:24:45.271502 (/Users/Shared/development/hugin_related/hugin-2011.4.0/mac/../src/hugin_base/huginapp/ImageCache.cpp:934) loadSafely(): Please set HuginBase::ImageCache::getInstance().asyncLoadCompleteSignal to handle asynchronous image loads. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hugin/+bug/1065780/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~hugin-devs Post to : hugin-devs@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~hugin-devs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
