I couldn't get QGIS to crash like this, on either Snow Leopard or Lion. Maybe a crash report will help.
On Oct 29, 2011, at 6:36 PM, Mars Sjoden wrote: > Some curious findings just now after reviewing several hours of Screen > recordings of using QGIS on various operating system platforms (eyes... > bleeding)... > > What I noticed... > > 1. Double click layer to Launch Properties Window > 2. (do nothing or make changes) Simply single click APPLY/OK and QGIS crashes > > VS > > 1. RIGHT CLICK layer, > 2. Select Properties from contextual menu to launch Properties Window > 4. Do what ever you like then click APPLY/OK... > 5. no problem > > I repeated this test about 10 times on OS X.6.8 cleaned caches and new .plist > file and the new QGIS 1.7.1-2 from William Kyng's site, with these exact same > outcomes as above. > > However, after about the 10th relaunch of QGIS 1.7.1-2 after crashing it, I > was unable to reproduce (no crashes) after about 30+ properties toggles and > 10+ different QGIS relaunches. > > Now (to add another variable). After I completed > > 1. launch QGIS > 2. Load Natural Earth shp layer > 3. Double Click Natural Earth shp layer to Launch Properties Window > 4. (do nothing) Simply single click APPLY/OK and QGIS > 5. OK > 6. Scroll mouse zoom map canvas > 7. Double Click Natural Earth shp layer to Launch Properties Window > 8. (do nothing) Simply single click APPLY/OK and QGIS crashes > > and returns back to > > 1. launch QGIS > 2. Load Natural Earth shp layer > 3. Double Click Natural Earth shp layer to Launch Properties Window > 4. (do nothing) Simply single click APPLY/OK and QGIS crashes > > ... > > Soooo far I am unable to crash QGIS IF I invoke the Properties Window via > Right Mouse click on Layer. > > could this be the key to my issues? I hope so... will ONLY use right > click layer to invoke properties window from now on to test. > > mars > > On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 3:10 PM, Mars Sjoden <[email protected]> wrote: > Yah, I am wondering if there is a certain hardware configuration on my > machines that is not agreeing with Qt cocoa. > > Apple hardware tested: > > 3x iMac 3.06ghz core2duo, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS > 1x iMac 2.00ghz core2dou, ATI radeon hd2400 > 1x macbookpro 2ghz, core dou, ati radeon??? > > recent testing on:10.6 vanilla > > QGIS 1.7 to 1.7.1-2 (and 1.8) - including William Kyng's required frameworks > > opening Properties dialogue windo and selecting OK or APPLY (either after > making changes or making no changes) will at some point seemingly randomly > crash QGIS > > With the latest 10.6.8 update (or perhaps 1.7.1 not sure which came first) I > have one iMac 3ghz machine that will kill QGIS everytime I open a properties > window and click OK or APPLY without making any changes. > > Just curious if there is some sort of hardware issue since I have flat out > re-installed 10.6 on many of my machines with the only extra software > installed including QGIS and the frameworks and still have the same issue. > > Of note, > > I have tested the latest operating systems from > OSGeo (ubuntu 11?) > Fedora 15 > Mint 11, Katya > Debian 6 Squeeze > OpenSUSE 11 > and Windows 7 > both on separate partition tables without a virtual machine and in Virtual > Box, Parallels 7 and VMWare 4. > > I still have instability issues, although found OpenSUSE 11 and Windows 7 to > be the most stable so far allowing for up to an hours worth of work before a > crash. > > The crashes in OpenSUSE 11 seem to be related to the properties dialogue > window OK/APPLY (that is when the crashes occur), while on Windows 7 it is > more random through out the use of QGIS. > > Datasets I have been testing with have been from the openly available Natural > Earth shapefile datasets as you suggested William. > > Mars > > What sort of problems are you having? I don't think there is anything > specific to a system version, it's more connected with what Qt version and > type (carbon vs. cocoa). Newer systems need Qt cocoa, definitely Lion does. > > There are a few known issues, with bug reports and mentioned in my > distribution readme (font selection, non-ascii chars in GRASS shell, max # > open files). A couple other recent issues I can think of: odd georeferencer > window behavior, minimized globe plugin panel appears on top of upper-left > corner toolbar. > > Much of this probably has something to do with Qt cocoa. > > ----- > William Kyngesburye <kyngchaos*at*kyngchaos*dot*com> > http://www.kyngchaos.com/ > > "Oh, look, I seem to have fallen down a deep, dark hole. Now what does that > remind me of? Ah, yes - life." > > - Marvin > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user ----- William Kyngesburye <kyngchaos*at*kyngchaos*dot*com> http://www.kyngchaos.com/ "This is a question about the past, is it? ... How can I tell that the past isn't a fiction designed to account for the discrepancy between my immediate physical sensations and my state of mind?" - The Ruler of the Universe _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
