Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-09 Thread Richard Heck
rgheck wrote: Van Damme Michael wrote: I have downloaded version 1.6.2svn (from the svn server) and tried it, but the problem remains. Is is quick enough to reproduce (or you comuputer fast enough) to run Lyx under valgrind until you hit the problem? James I've never used

re:Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-09 Thread Van Damme Michael
rgheck wrote: I'll have a look at this under one of my Fedora 10 machines. As I said in the bug report, I was unable to reproduce this problem under F10, even fully updated. And that was using the test file attached to the report, trying to follow the instructions given. It's possible

Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-09 Thread Richard Heck
rgheck wrote: Van Damme Michael wrote: I have downloaded version 1.6.2svn (from the svn server) and tried it, but the problem remains. Is is quick enough to reproduce (or you comuputer fast enough) to run Lyx under valgrind until you hit the problem? James I've never used

re:Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-09 Thread Van Damme Michael
rgheck wrote: I'll have a look at this under one of my Fedora 10 machines. As I said in the bug report, I was unable to reproduce this problem under F10, even fully updated. And that was using the test file attached to the report, trying to follow the instructions given. It's possible

Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-09 Thread Richard Heck
rgheck wrote: Van Damme Michael wrote: I have downloaded version 1.6.2svn (from the svn server) and tried it, but the problem remains. Is is quick enough to reproduce (or you comuputer fast enough) to run Lyx under valgrind until you hit the problem? James I've never used

re:Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-09 Thread Van Damme Michael
>rgheck wrote: >>> >> I'll have a look at this under one of my Fedora 10 machines. >> >As I said in the bug report, I was unable to reproduce this problem >under F10, even fully updated. And that was using the test file attached >to the report, trying to follow the instructions given. It's

Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-08 Thread Pavel Sanda
Van Damme Michael wrote: since I like lyx I will invest time to try to find out which package is the cause. please do then. it could help in the similar cases too... pavel

Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-08 Thread James Mansion
Van Damme Michael wrote: I have downloaded version 1.6.2svn (from the svn server) and tried it, but the problem remains. Is is quick enough to reproduce (or you comuputer fast enough) to run Lyx under valgrind until you hit the problem? James

re:Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-08 Thread Van Damme Michael
I have downloaded version 1.6.2svn (from the svn server) and tried it, but the problem remains. Is is quick enough to reproduce (or you comuputer fast enough) to run Lyx under valgrind until you hit the problem? James I've never used valgrind, but it is quick to reproduce. When my thesis

Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-08 Thread rgheck
Van Damme Michael wrote: I have downloaded version 1.6.2svn (from the svn server) and tried it, but the problem remains. Is is quick enough to reproduce (or you comuputer fast enough) to run Lyx under valgrind until you hit the problem? James I've never used valgrind, but it

Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-08 Thread Steve Litt
On Sunday 08 March 2009 11:48:57 am James Mansion wrote: Van Damme Michael wrote: I have downloaded version 1.6.2svn (from the svn server) and tried it, but the problem remains. Is is quick enough to reproduce (or you comuputer fast enough) to run Lyx under valgrind until you hit the

Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-08 Thread Pavel Sanda
Van Damme Michael wrote: since I like lyx I will invest time to try to find out which package is the cause. please do then. it could help in the similar cases too... pavel

Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-08 Thread James Mansion
Van Damme Michael wrote: I have downloaded version 1.6.2svn (from the svn server) and tried it, but the problem remains. Is is quick enough to reproduce (or you comuputer fast enough) to run Lyx under valgrind until you hit the problem? James

re:Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-08 Thread Van Damme Michael
I have downloaded version 1.6.2svn (from the svn server) and tried it, but the problem remains. Is is quick enough to reproduce (or you comuputer fast enough) to run Lyx under valgrind until you hit the problem? James I've never used valgrind, but it is quick to reproduce. When my thesis

Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-08 Thread rgheck
Van Damme Michael wrote: I have downloaded version 1.6.2svn (from the svn server) and tried it, but the problem remains. Is is quick enough to reproduce (or you comuputer fast enough) to run Lyx under valgrind until you hit the problem? James I've never used valgrind, but it

Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-08 Thread Steve Litt
On Sunday 08 March 2009 11:48:57 am James Mansion wrote: Van Damme Michael wrote: I have downloaded version 1.6.2svn (from the svn server) and tried it, but the problem remains. Is is quick enough to reproduce (or you comuputer fast enough) to run Lyx under valgrind until you hit the

Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-08 Thread Pavel Sanda
Van Damme Michael wrote: > since I like lyx I will invest time to try to find out which package is the > cause. please do then. it could help in the similar cases too... pavel

Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-08 Thread James Mansion
Van Damme Michael wrote: I have downloaded version 1.6.2svn (from the svn server) and tried it, but the problem remains. Is is quick enough to reproduce (or you comuputer fast enough) to run Lyx under valgrind until you hit the problem? James

re:Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-08 Thread Van Damme Michael
>> I have downloaded version 1.6.2svn (from the svn server) and tried it, but >> the problem remains. >> >Is is quick enough to reproduce (or you comuputer fast enough) to run >Lyx under valgrind until you hit the problem? > >James I've never used valgrind, but it is quick to reproduce. When

Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-08 Thread rgheck
Van Damme Michael wrote: I have downloaded version 1.6.2svn (from the svn server) and tried it, but the problem remains. Is is quick enough to reproduce (or you comuputer fast enough) to run Lyx under valgrind until you hit the problem? James I've never used valgrind, but it

Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-08 Thread Steve Litt
On Sunday 08 March 2009 11:48:57 am James Mansion wrote: > Van Damme Michael wrote: > > I have downloaded version 1.6.2svn (from the svn server) and tried it, > > but the problem remains. > > Is is quick enough to reproduce (or you comuputer fast enough) to run > Lyx under valgrind until you hit

Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-07 Thread Van Damme Michael
Hi all, over the last few months, I've been writing my thesis in lyx (using it many hours every day). I'm using lyx-1.6.1 on fedora 10 (the version available through fedora's package manager yum). Since this week, however, I'm experiencing very frequent crashes (being able to work for 15

Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-07 Thread Pavel Sanda
Van Damme Michael wrote: If anyone has any suggestions I would be very grateful. from the list you gave i would try what happen if you downgrade xorg-* and also libpng could be related. qt upgrade didnt happen? the last resort is to compile lyx in debug mode, run it under gdb and provide us

Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-07 Thread Van Damme Michael
Thank you for your reply. I've compiled lyx-1.6.1 in debug mode (using the latest stable source available on the lyx site) and ran it under gdb. Once locked-up, I interrupted it in gdb and got the following backtrace: #0 0x00943416 in __kernel_vsyscall () #1 0x006a83d1 in select () from

Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-07 Thread Pavel Sanda
Van Damme Michael wrote: Thank you for your reply. I've compiled lyx-1.6.1 in debug mode (using the latest stable source available on the lyx site) and ran it under gdb. Once locked-up, I interrupted it in gdb and got the following backtrace: #0 0x00943416 in __kernel_vsyscall () #1

Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-07 Thread Pavel Sanda
Pavel Sanda wrote: Van Damme Michael wrote: Thank you for your reply. I've compiled lyx-1.6.1 in debug mode (using the latest stable source available on the lyx site) and ran it under gdb. Once locked-up, I interrupted it in gdb and got the following backtrace: #0 0x00943416 in

Re:Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-07 Thread Van Damme Michael
Pavel Sanda wrote: #0 0x00943416 in __kernel_vsyscall () #1 0x006a83d1 in select () from /lib/libc.so.6 #2 0x00911295 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1 #3 0x0091293f in xcb_wait_for_event () from /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1 ahh i have seen this backtrace i guess you are the next victim of

Re: Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-07 Thread Pavel Sanda
Van Damme Michael wrote: #0 0x00943416 in __kernel_vsyscall () #1 0x006a83d1 in select () from /lib/libc.so.6 #2 0x00911295 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1 #3 0x0091293f in xcb_wait_for_event () from /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1 ahh i have seen this backtrace i guess you are the

Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-07 Thread Steve Litt
On Saturday 07 March 2009 06:28:34 pm Van Damme Michael wrote: On fedora, libxcb is in a separate package, but it has never been updated (the installed version is the one that came with fedora 10 originally). I have downgraded myx xorg packages to the previously installed version, but that

Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-07 Thread Stefano Franchi
On Saturday 07 March 2009 15:30:19 Pavel Sanda wrote: Van Damme Michael wrote: Thank you for your reply. I've compiled lyx-1.6.1 in debug mode (using the latest stable source available on the lyx site) and ran it under gdb. Once locked-up, I interrupted it in gdb and got the following

Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-07 Thread Van Damme Michael
Pavel and Steve, thanks for your helpful comments. maybe. but there are striking similarities - lyx input frozen, no cpu load, bt points somewhere in between qt-xorg, libxcb used; (in this we enter there through QInputContext::reset()). It's true that there are many similarities. There are no

Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-07 Thread Van Damme Michael
Hi all, over the last few months, I've been writing my thesis in lyx (using it many hours every day). I'm using lyx-1.6.1 on fedora 10 (the version available through fedora's package manager yum). Since this week, however, I'm experiencing very frequent crashes (being able to work for 15

Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-07 Thread Pavel Sanda
Van Damme Michael wrote: If anyone has any suggestions I would be very grateful. from the list you gave i would try what happen if you downgrade xorg-* and also libpng could be related. qt upgrade didnt happen? the last resort is to compile lyx in debug mode, run it under gdb and provide us

Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-07 Thread Van Damme Michael
Thank you for your reply. I've compiled lyx-1.6.1 in debug mode (using the latest stable source available on the lyx site) and ran it under gdb. Once locked-up, I interrupted it in gdb and got the following backtrace: #0 0x00943416 in __kernel_vsyscall () #1 0x006a83d1 in select () from

Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-07 Thread Pavel Sanda
Van Damme Michael wrote: Thank you for your reply. I've compiled lyx-1.6.1 in debug mode (using the latest stable source available on the lyx site) and ran it under gdb. Once locked-up, I interrupted it in gdb and got the following backtrace: #0 0x00943416 in __kernel_vsyscall () #1

Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-07 Thread Pavel Sanda
Pavel Sanda wrote: Van Damme Michael wrote: Thank you for your reply. I've compiled lyx-1.6.1 in debug mode (using the latest stable source available on the lyx site) and ran it under gdb. Once locked-up, I interrupted it in gdb and got the following backtrace: #0 0x00943416 in

Re:Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-07 Thread Van Damme Michael
Pavel Sanda wrote: #0 0x00943416 in __kernel_vsyscall () #1 0x006a83d1 in select () from /lib/libc.so.6 #2 0x00911295 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1 #3 0x0091293f in xcb_wait_for_event () from /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1 ahh i have seen this backtrace i guess you are the next victim of

Re: Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-07 Thread Pavel Sanda
Van Damme Michael wrote: #0 0x00943416 in __kernel_vsyscall () #1 0x006a83d1 in select () from /lib/libc.so.6 #2 0x00911295 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1 #3 0x0091293f in xcb_wait_for_event () from /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1 ahh i have seen this backtrace i guess you are the

Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-07 Thread Steve Litt
On Saturday 07 March 2009 06:28:34 pm Van Damme Michael wrote: On fedora, libxcb is in a separate package, but it has never been updated (the installed version is the one that came with fedora 10 originally). I have downgraded myx xorg packages to the previously installed version, but that

Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-07 Thread Stefano Franchi
On Saturday 07 March 2009 15:30:19 Pavel Sanda wrote: Van Damme Michael wrote: Thank you for your reply. I've compiled lyx-1.6.1 in debug mode (using the latest stable source available on the lyx site) and ran it under gdb. Once locked-up, I interrupted it in gdb and got the following

Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-07 Thread Van Damme Michael
Pavel and Steve, thanks for your helpful comments. maybe. but there are striking similarities - lyx input frozen, no cpu load, bt points somewhere in between qt-xorg, libxcb used; (in this we enter there through QInputContext::reset()). It's true that there are many similarities. There are no

Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-07 Thread Van Damme Michael
Hi all, over the last few months, I've been writing my thesis in lyx (using it many hours every day). I'm using lyx-1.6.1 on fedora 10 (the version available through fedora's package manager yum). Since this week, however, I'm experiencing very frequent crashes (being able to work for 15

Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-07 Thread Pavel Sanda
Van Damme Michael wrote: > If anyone has any suggestions I would be very grateful. from the list you gave i would try what happen if you downgrade xorg-* and also libpng could be related. qt upgrade didnt happen? the last resort is to compile lyx in debug mode, run it under gdb and provide us

Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-07 Thread Van Damme Michael
Thank you for your reply. I've compiled lyx-1.6.1 in debug mode (using the latest stable source available on the lyx site) and ran it under gdb. Once locked-up, I interrupted it in gdb and got the following backtrace: #0 0x00943416 in __kernel_vsyscall () #1 0x006a83d1 in select () from

Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-07 Thread Pavel Sanda
Van Damme Michael wrote: > > Thank you for your reply. > I've compiled lyx-1.6.1 in debug mode (using the latest stable source > available on the lyx site) and ran it under gdb. Once locked-up, I > interrupted it in gdb and got the following backtrace: > #0 0x00943416 in __kernel_vsyscall ()

Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-07 Thread Pavel Sanda
Pavel Sanda wrote: > Van Damme Michael wrote: > > > > Thank you for your reply. > > I've compiled lyx-1.6.1 in debug mode (using the latest stable source > > available on the lyx site) and ran it under gdb. Once locked-up, I > > interrupted it in gdb and got the following backtrace: > > > #0

Re:Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-07 Thread Van Damme Michael
Pavel Sanda wrote: >> #0 0x00943416 in __kernel_vsyscall () >> #1 0x006a83d1 in select () from /lib/libc.so.6 >> #2 0x00911295 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1 >> #3 0x0091293f in xcb_wait_for_event () from /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1 > >ahh i have seen this backtrace >i guess you are the

Re: Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-07 Thread Pavel Sanda
Van Damme Michael wrote: > >> #0 0x00943416 in __kernel_vsyscall () > >> #1 0x006a83d1 in select () from /lib/libc.so.6 > >> #2 0x00911295 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1 > >> #3 0x0091293f in xcb_wait_for_event () from /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1 > > > >ahh i have seen this backtrace > >i

Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-07 Thread Steve Litt
On Saturday 07 March 2009 06:28:34 pm Van Damme Michael wrote: > On fedora, libxcb is in a separate package, but it has never been updated > (the installed version is the one that came with fedora 10 originally). I > have downgraded myx xorg packages to the previously installed version, but >

Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-07 Thread Stefano Franchi
On Saturday 07 March 2009 15:30:19 Pavel Sanda wrote: > Van Damme Michael wrote: > > Thank you for your reply. > > I've compiled lyx-1.6.1 in debug mode (using the latest stable source > > available on the lyx site) and ran it under gdb. Once locked-up, I > > interrupted it in gdb and got the

Re: Very frequent crashes in 1.6.1 (with loss of work)

2009-03-07 Thread Van Damme Michael
Pavel and Steve, thanks for your helpful comments. >maybe. but there are striking similarities - lyx input frozen, no cpu load, bt >points somewhere >in between qt<->xorg, libxcb used; (in this we enter there through >QInputContext::reset()). It's true that there are many similarities. There